Who are you to decide whether he ran security checks or not?
Exactly. All Swat 3 has to do is say that he did security checks and that the force was contained or blocked, then repressed, and your argument is invalid. A foreign newspaper can report whatever it wants, but only eyewitnesses and reporters on the scene can report a more credible story.
They're my troops?
You're bending foreign affairs, checks and security measures.