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Originally Posted by Wild Goose
Probably relying on secrecy instead of force of arms.
Remember, Camp No is a black site. Like CIA safehouses, its primary protection is secrecy, which can be compromised by having too many guards.
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A company sized unit isn't too large. Besides, they could have had the company wait outside camp no before Rabbitfoot gets out without letting them in. The area was just a part of the Guantanamo Naval base. There's no way the guards would assume that Camp No was anything special. [/QUOTE]
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Originally Posted by Wild Goose
Also, note how fast Nught Nine appeared on site. They were definitely there before the abduction took place, but Plame wanted them to track Koko's team and deal with them while they made their escape: notice how they weren't expecting a SEAL platoon to suddenly ghost in and ambush them.
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Either they weren't close enough or the guards they assigned were just too weak. I suspect the later, and whoever planned the whole transport is just stupid. 1. There just wasn't enough troops to hold off the attackers long enough to make an ambush succeed. 2. Fine, you want secrecy, at the very least, send another special forces team to make the escort. Deploy another SEAL team, the Delta Forces, Green Berets, whatever.3. Use a helicopter to transport her, for God's sake--the safest way possible. They can't get her unless they shoot down the helicopter, which they wouldn't do since it might endanger Rabbitfoot as well. The NSA officer who commanded this operation was too short sighted to realize that the success of the operation isn't the annihilation of Koko's team, but making sure that Rabbitfoot doesn't fall into their hands. It's useless to annihilate Koko's team since she can always rebuild one. If they lose Rabbitfoot, it's game-over. He took an unnecessary risk by trying to ambush Koko's team by using Rabbitfoot as a bait.