He Hunted Osama bin Laden, He Breaks Into Nuclear-Power Plants

[Marlin]

He Hunted Osama bin Laden, He Breaks Into Nuclear-Power Plants

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/05/the-infiltrator/359818/

[fueldryer]

Interesting.

[HeavyD]

As is almost always the case, the more interesting (i.e. entertaining) reading is in the comments section for these "news" articles.

[mars88]

Exactly.  The one by 'robert miller' had me in stitches.

[Marlin]

As is almost always the case, the more interesting (i.e. entertaining) reading is in the comments section for these "news" articles.

I had read the article but not the comments until now. I would offer Mr. Fury advice from my signature line.

[mars88]

Well, on the professional soldiers website, they too have a dim view of this guy.  And nobody really even knows if he exists, and if he does, in what capacity (special ops, author, entertainer, fraud).   Googling the name brings in very little info.

[Marlin]

Well, on the professional soldiers website, they too have a dim view of this guy.  And nobody really even knows if he exists, and if he does, in what capacity (special ops, author, entertainer, fraud).   Googling the name brings in very little info.

Can't speak for him but he has a fairly large footprint when I look for him.

[mars88]

But that "footprint" is all about his books and TV appearances.  No Wikipedia entry, no investigative piece, no service records, no biography, no... .

Hell, in that clip he looks like a 'Duck Dynasty' member.

[Marlin]

But that "footprint" is all about his books and TV appearances.  No Wikipedia entry, no investigative piece, no service records, no biography, no... .

Hell, in that clip he looks like a 'Duck Dynasty' member.

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Wikipedia Battle of Tora Bora

Fury's account[edit]

The first US team to enter the Tora Bora mountain range
A former Delta Force commander, using the pen name "Dalton Fury", who fought at Tora Bora, wrote that bin Laden escaped into Pakistan on or around December 16, 2001. Fury gives three reasons for why he believes bin Laden was able to escape: (1) the US mistakenly thought that Pakistan was effectively guarding the border area, (2) NATO allies refused to allow the use of air-dropped GATOR mines, which would have helped seal bin Laden and his forces inside the Tora Bora area, and (3) over-reliance on native Afghan military forces as the main force deployed against bin Laden and his fighters. Fury states that, as it was Ramadan, the Afghan forces would usually leave the battlefield in the evenings to break their day-long fasts. He suggested this allowed the al-Qaeda forces a chance to regroup, reposition, or escape.[12]
In an October 2008 interview on 60 Minutes, Fury said that his Delta Force team and CIA Paramilitary Officers traveled to Tora Bora after the CIA had identified bin Laden's location. Fury's team proposed an operation to attack bin Laden's suspected position from the rear, over the 14,000 foot-high mountain separating Tora Bora from Pakistan. He said unidentified officials at higher headquarters rejected his proposal. Fury suggested dropping GATOR mines in the passes leading away from Tora Bora, but this was also denied. Fury and his team approached the suspected position from the front and were within 2,000 meters, but withdrew because of uncertainty over the number of al-Qaeda fighters and a lack of support from allied Afghan troops.[13]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tora_Bora
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His web site promoting his book

http://www.daltonfury.com/
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Amazon.com listing his book

http://www.amazon.com/Dalton-Fury/e/B001J93AUS
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Again there is the 60 minutes piece I posted in previous piece.
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Dalton Fury's Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/dalton.fury1
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Interview of Dalton Fury

http://ethanjonesbooks.wordpress.com/2012/11/15/10-questions-with-dalton-fury/
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Interview on SOF site

http://sofrep.com/1408/interview-with-former-delta-commander-dalton-fury/

[mars88]

Exacty--it's all promotional.  Nothing legit.  No deep background investigation.  He's the Tony Robbins of the army.

[Marlin]

Exacty--it's all promotional.  Nothing legit.  No deep background investigation.  He's the Tony Robbins of the army.

...and there will not be   nor will there be any for the members of his team. That is why he came on camera as a "Duck Dynasty" lookalike, but there is plenty of footprint and apparently recognition by credible organizations.

[Ksheed]

Why can't I find the military records for a special forces soldier in the public domain??

[BuddyThePug]

From the title of the article, I thought it was about Broadzilla....