Call Sign Extortion 17

The Shoot-Down of Seal Team Six

By: Don Brown

Narrated by: Bill Thatcher

On August 6, 2011 - three months after members of Navy SEAL Team Six killed Osama Bin Laden - Taliban forces took down a United States helicopter, call sign Extortion 17. The attack killed the Air National Guard crew, seven unidentified members of the Afghan military, and 17 members of Navy SEAL Team Six - warrior brothers from the same team that had killed Osama Bin Laden just 90 days prior. Were the seven Afghan soldiers aboard that helicopter really undercover Taliban who either maneuvered the chopper within easy range of being shot down or sabotaged it from within? Were the SEALs sacrificed on the altar of political correctness and deliberately flown into a known Taliban hot zone?

Don Brown, a former US Navy JAG officer stationed at the Pentagon and a former special assistant United States attorney, re-creates the wartime action, tells the life stories of the elite warriors our nation lost on that day and tears apart the official military explanation of the incident contained in the infamous Colt Report, which reveals either gross incompetence or a massive cover-up.

©2015 Don Brown (P)2015 Tantor

Vital information, great call to action

Made me angry at the cover-up. Damning indictment of military incompetence at the highest levels.

Question, never asked

If you listen to the book, you’ll understand the title. Wonderful and compelling information. The narrator voice on the other hand was very radio like.

Incredible story

Tons of repetition but a story that needs to be told and fully investigated….for the families!

As if we needed another reason

As if we needed another reason to despise the Obama Administration and the current one. Mattis included. Sadly, this story along with the Benghazi tragedy are indicative of Washington’s inability to take responsibility for anything at all.

Thought provoking

The book did raise questions about why the crash occurred and what happened after. If there was a coverup, it wouldn’t be the Government’s first or its last. The narrator’s tone was angry, almost off putting, if the subject wasn’t so important. I’ve read Ed Darak’s book…The Final Mission of Extortion 17…(and may again) and was glad audible made this book available as part of membership.