In the military, if we don't know something, we say we don't know and proceed to shut up until we do. Some highly paid charlatans in the media think it's absolutely fine to take a wild guess at the truth and then tell a couple of million people it's cast-iron fact, just in case they might be right...I hope they're proud of themselves, because they nearly broke my mom's heart....
Lone Survivor: The Incredible True Story of Navy SEALs Under Siege (ed. Hachette UK, 2010) - ISBN: 9780748118540