Meeting with his national security advisers over the course of the next six weeks, Obama rejected a plan to bomb the compound, and authorized a "surgical raid" to be conducted by United States Navy SEALs.
Bertemu dengan penasihat keamanan nasionalnya selama enam minggu berikutnya, Obama menolak rencana pengeboman bangunan tersebut dan memerintahkan "serangan mendadak" oleh SEAL Angkatan Laut Amerika Serikat.