Mattis livid at reports disputing value of Yemen raid

Published March 2, 2017 1:58pm ET



Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is hopping mad about media reports disputing his assessment that the U.S. special operations raid in Yemen last month yielded “vital intelligence.”

Aides say Mattis is particularly upset about an NBC News report suggesting that so far none of the intelligence gathered in the raid, which cost the life of Navy SEAL William “Ryan” Owens, has proven to be either “actionable or vital.”

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