The Afghans can request American assistance at any point in the operation — for intelligence, for backup military support, air support, medical evacuation and post-operation intelligence gathering.
Some critics have said the raid that also destroyed a $70 million Osprey helicopter was launched with inadequate intelligence, ground support or backup preparations.
U.S. military officials told Reuters the operation was approved "without sufficient intelligence, ground support, or adequate backup preparations".
Lieu cited a Reuters report that suggested Trump "approved his first covert counterterrorism operation without sufficient intelligence, ground support or adequate backup preparations".
Just because Scotland was on its own wouldn't make it risk free, in fact I think it would greatly increase the risk because we just wouldn't have the same capacity as we do in the United Kingdom in terms of our security, in terms of our intelligence services and military backup".
They were the derided mercenaries of the 1960s and 70s, a group reborn more recently as "contractors", used by the US to help provide security in Iraq and as backup to the intelligence agencies in places such as Pakistan.
The states and the federal government fail to provide a much-needed comprehensive support structure of coordination, communication, intelligence, standardization, best-practices identification, training, education, personnel exchanges, a body of knowledge, research and backup.
"British and South African intelligence are on their heels, they have little or no backup on the ground and, for many, this is their first trip abroad.
