Navy SEALs, the 'quiet professionals,' got bin Laden
(CNN) - Navy SEALs live by an unspoken code.
"Be a quiet professional," says Chris Heben, a former SEAL with 10 years of experience carrying out missions in Africa, the Middle East and Afghanistan.
"There is no room for braggarts in the SEALs," he said. "Talking hurts missions and gets people killed."
Members of the special team sent to kill Osama bin Laden in Pakistan on Sunday may never talk about their role in the raid that ended a decade-long manhunt.
But there's no doubt an allegiance to secrecy played a critical role in maintaining the surprise factor necessary for success in the high-stakes gamble that was closely held even among officials in Washington.
Related: 'Hit 'em fast and hit 'em hard'
Senior administration officials would not disclose the makeup of the team sent on the mission, but a senior defense official said a special team of SEALs was involved.
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show the pictures, let the whole world see he is indeed dead ,some people will never believe it otherwise. Other people myself included believe we deserve to!
I feel that there isn't a gain in releasing a photo of deceased OBL. More danger. So what if a few thousand people do not believe he's been killed. We know it. We don't need to release this – particularly after the news that he was not actively engaged in shooting.