2019 SEAL Team Six operation in North Korea

similar to the one used in the operation Part of the SEAL team reached shore, however the operation failed when the rest of the team still in their mini-subs encountered a small North Korean boat that started moving towards them. The unknown boat's lights swept over the water, and a man from the boat "splashed into the sea." The operation was aborted after concerns that the gunshot sounds may have alerted other civilians or security forces in the nearby area. This resulted in the listening device not being planted and an immediate return back to a US base in South Korea. == Reactions ==

Matthew Waxman, a law professor and former national security official in the George W. Bush administration, stated that the Trump administration may have broken the law by failing to notify Congress of the failed mission. In 2021, the Biden administration's secretary of defense, Lloyd Austin, ordered an investigation into the mission, conducted by the Inspector General of the United States Army, either Leslie C. Smith or Donna W. Martin. Key members of Congress, possibly the Gang of Eight, were briefed on the investigation results. ==See also==