Shortly after the SEALs popped the 21st century’s number one monster, the critics started weighing in on what should have or could have been done regarding the operation. One of the most critical was an anonymous “Colonel” who, on 8 May, claimed it was a “massive security breach.” He maintained:
• Obama should have given the intelligence community “…only a few more days to exploit the ‘Mother Lode’ of information...” before bragging about “…his heroic deeds.”