REMEMBER EXTORTION 17 - The Taliban Trap that killed 23 Americans, including 15 Members of Navy Seal Team 6, and the Government Cover-Up that Followed | Eastern North Carolina Now

    On August 6, 2011, Taliban forces shot down a United States helicopter, call sign, "Extortion 17." The attack killed eight mysterious Afghans and the following US Special forces:

    15 - Navy Special Warfare Development Group (DevGru)

    2 - Navy West Coast SEALs

    5 - Top-tier Navy Servicemen (DevGru Support)

    3 - Top-tier USAF Personnel (DevGru Support)

    1 - Navy SEAL combat service dog (DevGru Support)

    The SEAL Team Six fallen warriors were all from the same team that had killed Osama Bin Laden just 90 days before the shoot-down. Extortion 17 was the largest loss of life for America in the Afghan war and the largest loss of life in the history of Naval Special Warfare.

    The circumstances surrounding the event are highly suspicious and experts believe the Obama administration is covering up the crash. These experts believe that Extortion 17 is a bigger scandal and betrayal than Benghazi.


    Tom Trento, an expert on Islamic terrorism, is producing a movie entitled FALLEN ANGELS in order to bring this story and the cover-up to the attention of the American people.

    Tom Trento is one of the leading academic activists in the United States. A highly skilled debater and dynamic public speaker, Tom frequently goes toe to toe with Muslim Brotherhood representatives exposing their radical agenda to the public and elected officials. Mr. Trento with earned degrees in Law Enforcement and Philosophy and Theology. He has traveled extensively throughout the US and Europe lecturing and exposing Islamic violence and infiltration in government, law enforcement and academic institutions. He is one of the co-authors of Shariah: The Threat To America and appears frequently on major media outlets and talk shows as an authority on Islamic ideology.

    FALLEN ANGEL, an investigative documentary, re-creates the wartime action, tells the stories of the heroic warriors our nation lost on that day and tears apart the official military explanation of the incident contained in the infamous Colt Report, a SECRET document produced by the Department of Defense, which reveals either gross incompetence or a massive cover-up.

    FALLEN ANGEL focuses on a series of key factors pointing to a massive government cover-up and/or gross negligence, including:

    -- A rush-to-completion 30 day investigation

    -- An inexplicable disappearance of the flight data recorder (black box)

    -- Critical autopsy evidence excluded from final report listing bullets found in the bodies of SEALs

    -- Critical evidence arbitrarily destroyed (bullets found in bodies) and thrown away by government

    -- A failure to address US State Department reports and warnings of massive Taliban infiltration (at least 50%) in the Afghan military

    -- A failure to address the Taliban's vengeful campaign of targeting SEAL Team Six after the US government revealed that DevGru was responsible for killing Osama Bin Laden

    -- Rushing eight un-vetted and unidentified Afghans on board in the last minutes with SEAL Team Six.

    -- A flight manifest that has gone missing, lost, or has been destroyed

    -- The government's "Lucky Shot" theory that a flying helicopter was hit by a RPG from 3 1/2 football fields away in total complete darkness with no night visioning equipment

    -- For an excellent collection of information about Extortion 17, the cover-up and the movie, see more at

    Tom Trento has posted an introductory video to Extortion 17 and his movie, and emphasizes that the goal of the documentary is to bring attention to the current administration's ridiculous Rules of Engagement and how those rules are responsible for too many needless deaths of American servicemen.

   

    Some of the questions the documentary asks:

    -- Who ordered the crash investigation rush-to-completion in 30 days and why?

    -- Why was a one Star General, untrained and unqualified in Crash Investigation with no CSI experience, selected as Lead Crash Investigator?

    -- Who were the eight mysterious Afghan Nationals on board Extortion 17?

    -- Who vetted the mysterious Afghans and how was it performed?

    Why were Afghan forces sympathetic to the Taliban embedded with SEAL Team Six?

    Were the eight unidentified Afghans supplying information to the Taliban and/or al-Qaeda?

    Only three autopsy reports have been obtained. Where are the other 35 autopsy reports?

    -- Why were all autopsy reports excluded from the Colt Report?

    -- How did bullets get into the bodies of two SEALs wearing Kevlar vests?

    -- Why were these bullets, critical evidence, thrown away?

    -- Where is the flight data recorder (Black Box)?

    -- Where are the videos of the three gunships flying overhead?

    -- Why was the AC-130 gunship and an AH-64 Apache gunship denied permission to fire?

    -- Why was this mission even flown in the first place?

    -- Why was SEAL Team Six flown into "combat zone" in a loud and slow Vietnam era "transport helicopter?"

    -- Why did Extortion 16 (the sister ship) fly empty and only half of the mission?

    -- Are the Rules of Engagement primarily responsible for this disaster?

EXTORTION 17: A BIGGER SCANDAL & BETRAYAL THAN BENGHAZI - by Tim Brown, August 14, 2003

    Extortion 17 could be a bigger scandal and betrayal of Americans than Benghazi. While Benghazi resulted in four American deaths, Extortion 17 resulted in 38 deaths, including nearly two dozen Navy SEALs. Many of these SEALs were made famous, credited with the killing of Osama bin Laden. The Chinook helicopter they were aboard was shot down by Taliban forces, which written testimony confirms knew the elite forces were coming into the area. Families are going after the Obama administration for what they believe were leaks that led to their family members' deaths. According to Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee on National Security, "We're going to dive into this."

    Billy Vaughn, father of slain Navy SEAL Aaron Vaughn, recently told Freedom Outpost that the family wants to see Vice President Joe Biden and former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta held accountable for national security breaches when they outed the SEALs.

    Not only were the SEAL team members furious and shocked over the big mouths of the Obama administration beating its chest with pride over the success of killing bin Laden, but the families were equally enraged. The message compromised the safety of the unit, as well as their families.

    At a gathering at the Ritz Carlton hotel in Washington, D.C. for the 50th anniversary of the Atlantic Council, a mere two days after the raid, Vice President Joe Biden remarked to the audience: "Let me briefly acknowledge tonight's distinguished honorees: Adm. Jim Stavridis is the real deal; he could tell you more about and understands the incredible, the phenomenal, the just almost unbelievable capacity of his Navy SEALS and what they did last -- last Sunday. What was even more extraordinary was -- and I'm sure former administration officials will appreciate this more than anyone -- there was such an absolute, overwhelming desire to accomplish this mission that although for over several months, we were in the process of planning it, and there were as many as 16 members of Congress who were briefed on it, not a single, solitary thing leaked. I find that absolutely amazing."

    Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta made leaked similar information while in Afghanistan.

    Karen Vaughn, joined by her husband Billy, on FOX News said: "As soon as Joe Biden announced that it was a SEAL Team who took out Bin Laden, within 24 hours, my son called me and I rarely ever heard him sound afraid in his adult life.... He said, 'Mom, you need to wipe your social media clean..... Your life is in danger, our lives are in danger, so clean it up right now.'"

    Mr. Vaughn, showing his anger and disgust with Biden, ripped the media. "The media has let this man get away with saying 'Uncle Joe's gaffes, Uncle Joe's gaffes," he said. "This is not Uncle Joe and he's not some senile old grandfather. He is the second in command of the most powerful country in the world and he needs to take responsibility for the comments he makes and quit being given a pass."

    Additionally, Charles Strange, father of fallen Navy SEAL Michael Strange, has been just as outspoken as the Vaughns against both Barack Obama and Joe Biden. In July, Strange told WND "Obama sent my son to his death."

    Additionally, Strange also spoke with famed talk show host, Michael Savage ("The Savage Nation"). After the revelations of Joe Biden that SEAL Team 6 carried out the operation that has alleged to have killed Osama bin Laden, Mr. Strange said that members of the SEAL team echoed to their families similar concerns to that of Aaron Vaughn. Strange told Savage that on at least three separate occasions, in June 2011, his son grabbed him by the arm and announced that he had prepared his will. Charles Strange recalled his son's words: "Something's going on with the team. Somebody's leaking things out. Something's going on."

    Savage asked: "Your son knew he was being sent to his death?"

    Strange answered: "Yes, they knew. They knew something was up. Every one of them."

    What's even more disturbing is that the military claimed that the bodies were so badly burned that they had to be cremated, and they were cremated without the families' consent.

    Strange believes the military is lying.

    "I saw Mike's dead body," he said in an interview. "It was clearly recognizable. He was clutching his gun. He wasn't burned to a crisp. Why did they cremate my boy? They didn't need to do that. Something's not right." Rep. Chaffetz, who said he saw a photo of a deceased SEAL, believes the same thing. "The body I saw didn't need to be cremated," he said.

    To add insult to injury, a Muslim cleric was allowed to pray at the funeral of the fallen SEALs in 2011, reciting words to the effect, "That the fallen seals should be damned and go to hell as infidels."

    Yet, America is told to be sensitive about burning the real infidels' Qur'an, while it's perfectly OK for our military to burn Bibles. Perhaps, instead of the administration worrying about Edward Snowden's revelations of its own violations of the Constitution, it should be a little more concerned with the real national security violations of men like Biden and Panetta, or maybe the American people should be concerned with the biggest national security threat to the United States, Barack Hussein Obama.

    Learn more about Extortion 17 and what is being uncovered in Billy Vaughn's book BETRAYED: EXPOSING THE HIGH COST OF THE WAR ON TERROR.