The former navy seal who wrote a book about his role in the raid that killed osama bin laden must now pay the us federal government more than. Matt bissonnette is one of several special ops people in the new drama, seal team, a cbs entertainment spokesman told military times. Pentagons general counsel threatened legal action against the man who wrote the revealing book. Man who killed osama bin laden treatment of veteran who shot. The exnavy seal who claims he killed osama bin laden in a may 2, 2011, raid and whose book including the account is at the center of a lawsuit is reportedly an adviser on a new cbstv drama. Former team six member matt bissonnette, who wrote a bestseller under a pseudonym about shooting bin laden, is about to publish his second book about being a navy seal. Cbs news is disguising the identity of a retired navy seal who wrote a book about the raid that killed osama bin laden so it can protect an american hero even though other media outlets have. The exnavy seal who wrote the bestselling memoir no easy day that provided a firsthand account of the raid resulting in the death of osama bin laden. This was a high risk kill bin laden mission and bring me his body.
It was the tale that he wrote about in his best selling book, no easy day. Why were navy seals selected for the raid on osamas. The former navy seal who claims to have shot and killed osama bin laden. While other former navy seals have written books about the bin laden raid none was involved first hand. Seal book disses obama account of bin laden raid team wasnt a big fan of president, former seal writes by rob quinn, newser staff. Oneill, 38, is scheduled to go on fox news next week and reveal himself and tell his story. The book, the operator by robert oneill, recounts the former navy chiefs career spanning 400 missions, though his role with the elite seal teams raid on bin laden. Shortly before the first printing of my book the finish last year, one of the navy seals who participated in the raid that killed osama bin laden published his own account. Seals book recounting osama bin laden raid surprises us. Fox news selfish partisan evil endangers navy seal. Cbs hides id of navy seal who wrote bin laden book the. A former navy seal who wrote a book about the osama bin laden raid is reportedly being investigated by the justice department. Former navy seal s account of bin laden raid differs from govt.
Of the two primary accounts of osama bin ladens death. New york a former navy seal who wrote a book describing the raid that killed osama bin laden sued his former lawyers wednesday for malpractice, saying they gave him bad advice that tarnished his reputation, cost him his u. Former al qaeda leader osama bin laden was unarmed and already dead with a bullet to his brain when the us navy seals entered his bedroom of his abbottabad compound, narrated a us navy seal in his firsthand account of the raid. Lying in front of me was the reason we had been fighting for the last decade. But he brought me into his office and it was a pretty sweet deal. The raid, may 1st, 2011, had been years in the making. Matt bissonnette cbs newsscreenshot the exnavy seal who wrote the bestselling memoir no easy day that provided a firsthand account of the raid resulting in the death of osama bin laden is. Seal who wrote bin laden raid tellall forced to give all proceeds to. If i ever get a chance to meet the seal team six operator who allegedly took part in the bin laden raid and is telling his story in the book no easy day to be released this fall, the first thing i will do is shake his hand. After sharing his eyewitness account with scott pelley of how osama bin. Navy seal to release book on bin laden raid, publishing. It first aired on the national geographic channel on sunday, november 4, 2012.
By early september of last year, the shooter was out, officially. Exseal who wrote book on bin laden gets written off by cadre. Navy seal who discussed bin laden raid is under investigation. The seal who wrote about the raid that killed bin laden under a pseudonym was identified as matt bissonnette. Former navy seals account of bin laden raid differs from. The book presents what is by far the most intimate account of the highstakes assault on bin laden s hideout, from the weeks of training by the seals. The following is a script of killing bin laden which aired on sept. The book was written by matt bissonnette under the pen name mark owen.
After sharing his eyewitness account with scott pelley of how osama bin laden was killed, a navy seal faces criminal investigation. Seals book shows bin laden raid up close washington times. While top military leaders publicly bash a former navy seal for his book about the raid that killed osama bin laden, his foxhole comrades convey their displeasure in a more subtle way. The publisher said that the book has been checked by lawyers and found to be without risk to national security. New york a former navy seal who wrote a book describing the raid that killed osama bin laden sued his former lawyers wednesday for malpractice, saying they gave him bad advice that tarnished his. Thankfully, the seal that was there with me, that initially returned fire with. Navy seal and special warfare operator, oneill claims to have fired the shots that killed osama bin laden during the raid on his abbottabad compound on may 1, 2011. Matthew bissonnette, the former navy seal who participated in the raid that killed osama bin laden and wrote a tellall book about it, has. Book will describe raid that killed bin laden the new. The author, a 36yearold ex navy seal who also was involved in a previous 2007 attempt to capture bin laden and the 2009 operation to rescue captain richard phillips from pirates off the coast of somalia, slams president obama in the book for using the raid for political gain. Secrecy the special ops community is stunned by no easy day, an unauthorized account of the al qaeda takedown by one of.
Former navy seal team member investigated for bin laden. A former member of the navy seals who wrote a best seller about the raid that killed osama bin laden is under criminal investigation for possibly disclosing classified material, according to. For the first time, the navy seal who killed osama bin laden tells his story speaking not just about the raid and the three shots that changed history, but about the personal. The first interview has been aired with a former us special forces member who wrote a firsthand account of the may 2011 raid that killed osama bin laden. Thepost said two seal team members confirmed the identify of the 38yearold oneill, s identity.
Seals book has classified info, didnt follow protocol. Will no easy day book on bin laden raid break seals code of silence. Seal who killed bin laden is revealed the daily beast. I will congratulate him for being part of the operation that took out bin laden and for his service to our country. High risk missions are what they train for and do better than any military unit in the world. I wont link you to the article nor will i tell you the name they published, but their abject evil in promoting the opsec group as endangering national security while outing the name of one of the people actually involved in the mission should be obvious. Mark bissonnette, who described the raid in the book no easy day. The book, written under a pseudonym by a member of the navy seals, will be published on sept. Navy seal who wrote bestseller about bin laden raid forced. The department of defense is threatening a lawsuit against the former navy seal who wrote a book about the raid that resulted in the death of osama bin laden. Exseal member who wrote book on bin laden raid forfeits.
I didnt recognize bin laden, seal who wrote no easy day. Robert oneill, the exnavy seal who says he killed osama bin laden, talks to cnn about shooting the alqaeda leader. Will no easy day book on bin laden raid break seals code. Seal under fire for writing about bin laden raid usa today.
Book will describe raid that killed bin laden the new york times. The twoway matthew bissonnette, who wrote a bestseller about the osama bin laden raid. It is the name that he used to write a new book about the assault on bin ladens compound called no. Osama bin laden shooter idd ahead of fox interview usa today. Navy seal who wrote book on bin laden raid sues ex. Matt bissonnette, a former navy seal member who wrote an account of the raid that killed osama bin. Bissonnette wrote about the raid that killed bin laden in no easy day and was. Exseal, author of controversial bin laden book, adviser. He is facing potential criminal prosecution for writing the book. The navy seal from alaska who is the pseudonymous author of an upcoming firstperson account of the raid that killed osama bin laden has been. Navy seal team that killed osama bin laden has written a firsthand account of the operation.
Navy seal who published firsthand account of osama bin laden raid is under criminal investigation for disclosing classified material. Navy seal matt bissonnette, who wrote under the name mark owen, gained widespread attention because of his firsthand account of how he and other members of seal team six killed osama bin laden. Us navy photo the man who claims he was the seal team 6 operator who shot osama bin laden in 2011 has written a new book, and his retelling of that raid shows the reason photos of the terrorist. A copy of the book was obtained by the huffington post. Firing the shots that killed osama bin laden and my years as a. Transcript for seal book details bin laden s death when osama bin laden was killed, we all remember the photograph that we saw, at the white house. Navy seals book on the bin laden killing shows the real.
Exalaskan identified as author of bin laden raid memoir. Bissonnette wrote that the seals spotted bin laden at the top of a darkened hallway and shot him in the head even though they could not. The former navy seal who says he fired the shots that killed osama bin laden says he knows he has angered the seal community by going public with his story, but said he did it only to give closure to the families of the people who died on 911. Seal under fire for writing about bin laden raid after sharing his eyewitness account with scott pelley of how osama bin laden was killed, a navy seal faces criminal investigation. Former navy seal settles with authorities over bin laden raid book. Seals tellall book raises questions about bin ladens. Seal book raises questions about bin laden s death.
On thursday, fox news outed the identity of a navy seal who co wrote a book on the osama bin laden raid. The raid on osama bin laden is a 2012 television film directed by john stockwell chronicling the abbottabad compound raid and killing of osama bin laden in 2011 by u. The navy warned that the seal could be open to prosecution if he reveals classified information. Former navy seal settles with authorities over bin laden. Firing the shots that killed osama bin laden and my years as a seal team warrior. Pentagon threatens to sue former seal who wrote bin laden. The former navy seal who wrote a firsthand account of the osama bin laden raid did so under a pseudonym and was supposed to remain anonymous for safety reasons. Bissonnette wrote that the seals spotted bin laden at the top of a darkened hallway and shot him in the head even though they could not tell whether he was armed. While top military leaders publicly bash a former navy seal for his book about the raid that killed osama bin laden, his foxhole comrades convey their displeasure in. Myself and the next assaulter in, we both engaged him.
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