Donilon: Obama Ordered Bin Laden Raid Based On ’50-50 Chance’ Appearing on State of the Union, National Security Adviser Tom Donilon said that President Obama ordered the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound based on “what was probably a 50-50 chance that Osama bin Laden was there.” Donilon also added: “It was a circumstantial case … But what he had 100 percent confidence in was the ability of our special forces to execute the mission.”
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