Family members of some Navy SEAL Team VI members killed when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan in 2011 have filed suit in federal court against Vice PresidentJoe Biden and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, seeking more than $200 million in damages.
The complaint charges that disclosures of classified information by Biden and Panetta that the elite unit was responsible for the killing of Osama bin Laden placed a "target on the backs" of the now fallen heroes, as reported by the Wall Street Journal.
The Islamic Republic of Iran, the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and Afghan President Hamid Karzai were also named in the suit. Karzai is alleged to have tipped the Taliban off about the coordinates of the helicopter carrying SEAL Team VI.
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