The manifest of the flight, which must be kept under our militaryвЂ™s protocols, never listed who these new commandos were. (I have quipped sarcastically that there has not been a flood in this part of the Middle East since NoahвЂ™s Ark.) To add even more suspicion, the Obama Defense Department revealed that seven Afghan commandos вЂ“ who were to go on that tragic mission вЂ“ were substituted out for seven unknown other Afghan commandos at the last minute before taking off. Next, the crash report stated that a black box that would have revealed the cause or causes of the crash was never found, and instead it washed away in a flood. First, the Obama administrationвЂ™s Defense DepartmentвЂ™s crash report stated that there were no eyes in the sky over the Chinook helicopter, which generally are intended as a safety measure to warn mission commanders and their troops of danger from the air and on the ground. There remained many mysteries about the Extortion 17 shoot down. KarzaiвЂ™s involvement вЂ“ whereby it is believed he disclosed the coordinates of this secret mission, allowing the Taliban to shoot down the Chinook helicopter that was carrying our servicemen вЂ“ was undoubtedly intended to offer up the dead bodies of our heroes in exchange for cash and an agreement by the Taliban not to bring down his corrupt Afghan administration and/or assassinate him. The shoot down of the Extortion 17 mission was payback for AmericaвЂ™s having вЂњkilledвЂќ bin Laden. Some have speculated that he died before of natural causes and that President Obama claimed credit to further his 2012 election effort.) Several brave heroes died tragically on that fateful day, Aug. (A picture of bin LadenвЂ™s body has never been disclosed publicly. This occurred just three months after Osama bin Laden was allegedly killed. Here is the video of a presser we held on explaining this tragedy. Let me explain.Д®xtortion 17 was a hastily arranged mission in Afghanistan in 2011 whereby 30 American servicemen, 22 of them special ops, were sent into battle allegedly to kill terrorists and then shot down by the Taliban, with the financial and other assistance of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the complicity of then Afghan President Hamid Karzai, one of the most corrupt politicians in world history. Had Chaffetz remained as chairman, ironically, his own committee would have had to investigate and likely take action against him. Ironically, as Chaffetz announced that he would step down from his seemingly powerful role as chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee вЂ“ a body that is the investigative вЂњscandal armвЂќ of the House вЂ“ it was revealed by Circa News that an investigation he had conducted over the tragic shoot down of Extortion 17 was part of an elaborate government cover-up, itself criminal in nature. Jason Chaffetz of Utah, would not run again for his seat next year. вЂњThe hardest LZ IвЂ™d ever been into,вЂќ Lee said.This week we learned that the ever вЂњmedia friendlyвЂќ smiling publicity hound of the House of Representatives, Republican Rep. Lee and his friend Bryan Nichols flew their Chinook into battle several timesВ the first night, dropping off troops at a landing zone (вЂњLZвЂќ) almost 10,000 feet above sea level. military launched Operation Hammer Down to drive out insurgents entrenched in remote strongholds of eastern Afghanistan. Lee, at his house in Rockwall, Texas in 2017, was commander of the helicopter company that included the Chinook that was shot down. Six weeks into his deployment, Lee experienced his worst day as a helicopter pilot to that point.

Located in a remote and dangerous province in eastern Afghanistan, the base was the target of near-constant rocket attacks from Taliban insurgents.

Lee, now a captain, was placed in command of a Chinook helicopter unit at Forward Operating Base Shank. She had just given birth to their first child. LeeвЂ™s wife, Christy, hoped the news would bring a sudden end to the war.

Extortion 17 cover up