Jose Rodriguez, the former director of the CIA’s National Clandestine Service and author of the newly released book "Hard Measures," said President Obama "spiked the football" and was guilty of "excessive celebration" after the killing of Osama bin Laden.
"Excessive celebration, in my view. It’s not just spiking the ball, it’s excessive celebration," Rodriguez said to Don Imus.
According to Rodriguez, bin Laden at the time of his killing was a "symbolic figure" and didn’t run the day-to-day operations of al Qaeda.
"He was not running operations day to day, he was just sending pronouncements. He had no direct impact on the day-to-day planning of operations. But he was still a symbolic figure and it was important to kill him," he added.
The Free Beacon salutes Mr. Rodriguez: