I'm not a fan of the CIA's methods in general but I don't think blaming them for this lapse in vaccinations is fair. The real cause is the people spreading all these lies about vaccines.

In fact I like that they went out of their way to validate their target instead of just going in all cowboy and shooting the place up on limited intel.

Yes. Nevermind that you actually had conspiracy theory level skulduggery going on under the guise of a public health measure further undermining the already tenuous trust that exists under for the neutrality of the public health edifice.

Amazing the level of mental gymnastics that people are prone to when the objectives of national security come into relief.

I'm not even American :) Their national security isn't something that would worry me. And I know they often do things in the name of national security that are more about commercial interests.

However we are talking about a man who murdered thousands of innocents in cold blood. And shocked the whole world.

If people already have distrust for the local medical service, that's a local problem they should address. If they feel like helping to track down a mass murderer makes that health service even less trustworthy, they really are supporting the wrong side.

I think the only thing they did wrong was killing Bin Laden. I feel he should have stood trial for that. They shouldn't have killed him no matter how much he deserved it. Even the worst Nazis stood trial. I know it would have given him a stage but it was still wrong.

But I think sending a fake medical team in to confirm was a small measure considering what he had done. I'm sure even the police would do things like that in much less important cases.

>In fact I like that they went out of their way to validate their target instead of just going in all cowboy and shooting the place up on limited intel.

That's your bar?