HANNITY CAN'T READ

Media Matters has a video clip of Hannity claiming that Obama was forced to signoff on allowing deadly force against the Somali pirates and as I heard it, Hannity was implying that Obama really didn't have much say about using force. That's a preposterous claim to make about the CINC and I decided to look up Hannity's source, a Politico story:

Obama signed off on taking out pirates
By DAVID S. CLOUD & NIA-MALIKA HENDERSON 4/12/09 6:07 PM EDT Updated: 4/13/09 10:39 AM EDT

Obama's involvement in the decision to authorize lethal force was legally required, officials said, because it was a hostage situation, not combat, and unrelated to the already authorized U.S. effort against Al Qaeda and other terror groups, officials said.

“It’s not a combat operation, so the lawyers wanted to ensure this was done right," said a second defense official.