Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - "He taahiraa nui tenei kua tangohia i te mea kua whakakorea e ia tetahi atu taumata o te kaiarahi mohio mai i al-Qaeda", e kii ana a Vince Cannistraro, te upoko o mua mo te whakahee-whakahee mo te CIA me te kaitohutohu o ABC News o naianei. "Ka awhina i te ngoikore o te whakahaere, ka iti ake te whai hua". I rere a Harithi, i whaiia e ngā mana haumaru maha e rapu ana i a ia, i a Muhammad Hamdi al-Ahdal, tētahi atu whakapae i te whakaeke i te USS "Cole"
te take.