A ranar 8 ga Satumba, Tsohon Jakada a Yemen Barbara Bodine ta koka a cikin "Los Angeles Times" Op-Ed game da yadda aka nuna ta a fim din: "A cewar masu kirkirar almara, yaƙi ya biyo baya tsakanin ɗan sanda da ke da sha'awar bin Osama bin Laden da kuma wani jami'in da ya fi damuwa da tunanin gwamnatin mai masaukin baki fiye da makomar Amurkawa da kuma gaskiyar ta'addanci. Na san wannan ba gaskiya ba ne. Na kasance a can. Ni ne jakadan". Minisar ABC ta tattara rawar Bodine zuwa wani yanki mai tsawo, wanda ke nuna cewa ta kasance mai ƙyama, mai ƙiyayya, da ƙyama ga mai binciken FBI John O'Neill daga lokacin da ya isa Yemen a watan Oktoba 2000 (duba
Jirgin ruwan USS Cole da aka yi wa bam).