White House now admits only one bad guy shot a gun in bin Laden house, there was no firefight

A friend of mine just messaged me: "How do you f--- up the PR around KILLING OSAMA BIN LADEN????"

Yesterday I wrote about my concern that the White House story on killing Osama bin Laden kept changing.  First he had a gun, then he didn't, first he grabbed a woman as a human shield, then he didn't. First they shot him twice in the head, then they didn't.

And now we find out that the extended firefight wasn't a firefight at all.  The only shots fired were from a courier at the beginning of the raid.  Osama didn't have a gun like we were told he did.  But now we learn that there was a rifle within reach...

He's the biggest freaking terrorist in the world.  And one of the biggest mass murderers of all time.  You really don't need to scrape for details to justify killing him.

Sigh.

Everyone is happy the man is dead.  No one begrudges the Seals for going in with guns blazing.  God bless for them the amazing job they did.  But what is the deal with the White House's ongoing mistakes with the information surrounding this mission?  Why does it take four days to get the truth from a small group of US troops?  (And what is the truth anymore?  I don't know what to trust now.)  Why is the White House putting out details that are ending up untrue, details they should have had clear from the beginning, such as, was there a firefight or not? Was bin Laden shot twice in the head or not? Did he pull a gun on them or not? Did he grab a woman as a shield or not?

This is being handled in an incredibly amateur way.  It makes the White House look bad.  It makes all of us look bad.  One assumes the part about the dead guy being bin Laden is still true, but the rest of the story?  Who knows at this point.

Biggest f'g story of this administration, and probably since 9/11 itself.  Knock some heads and get it right.

To reiterate what my friend said: How do you f-up the PR around killing Osama bin Laden?