Let’s hear it for Adm. Eric T. Olson. He’s a former commander of U.S. Special Operations Command who was in town recently to speak at the Tampa Jewish Federation’s annual President’s dinner. He was intimately involved in planning last year’s mission that took out Osama bin Laden. He was also adamant in not giving details beyond this rationale: “It’s important to keep secrets secret. If we want to retain this capability, we’ve got to not talk about it now. … The people who want to talk about the mission are not the people who were on it.”
How old school. No talk-show circuit. No tell-all book. No WikiLeaks seepage. No end zone choreography. Thank you for what you did–and what you don’t do.