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. The book no easy day, prompted a pentagon inquiry that evolved into a criminal probe by the justice department. Seals book shows bin laden raid up close washington times. New book details seals raid that killed osama bin laden richard miniter on the new book detailing the night al qaedas chief diedand the headaches it could cause obama. Aug 24, 2012 the seal who wrote about the raid that killed bin laden under a pseudonym was identified as matt bissonnette. New book details seals raid that killed osama bin laden. Cbs stands by decision to hide id of navy seal cbs news. Cbs news chairman jeff fager said thursday hed make the same decision to withhold.
Navy seals book will describe raid that killed bin laden. Book will describe raid that killed bin laden the new. 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. A navy seal s firsthand account of the raid that killed osama bin laden pulls back the veil on the secret operations conducted almost nightly by elite american forces against terrorist suspects. A great deal of the book is devoted to the authors entry into the seals, seal training, and missions in iraq and afghanistan prior to the raid of osama bin laden s compound. 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 said who he is. 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. 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. When a retired navy seal wrote an insiders account of the 2011 u. Former navy seal who penned book on bin laden raid to pay.
Naval special warfare development group also known as devgru or seal team six. The twoway matthew bissonnette, who wrote a bestseller about the osama bin laden raid. Matthew bissonnette, the former navy seal who participated in the raid that killed osama bin laden and wrote a tellall book about it, has agreed to pay the us government all past and future. A book company said wednesday that it will release on september 11 a firsthand account of the raid that killed al qaeda leader osama bin laden. Cbsap new york 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. Exseal who wrote book on bin laden gets written off by. The seal who wrote about the raid that killed bin laden under a pseudonym was identified as matt bissonnette. A former member of americas elite and secretive seal team six stepped out of the shadows but still apparently in disguise to make his first public appearance to talk about the historic raid that killed al qaeda leader osama bin laden. Exseal member who wrote book on bin laden raid forfeits. 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. The pentagon knew nothing about the book by one of its own until it saw the press release.
Former navy seal settles with authorities over bin laden raid book. On thursday however, fox news reported that the author was actually matt bissonnette. Seals book recounting osama bin laden raid surprises us. The firsthand account of the mission that killed osama bin laden, which is scheduled to be released on sept. 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. Cia releases new documents seized in 2011 bin laden raid. Bin laden books navy author was slighted, account says. When osama bin laden was killed, we all remember the photograph that we saw, at the white house. A new e book says that matt bissonnette, a former navy seals member who wrote a firstperson account of the osama bin laden raid, was willing.
Will no easy day book on bin laden raid break seals code. Former navy seal, matt bissonnette, filed a lawsuit against his exlawyers for advising him it was ok to publish his book about the osama bin laden raid. Navy seals book on the bin laden killing shows the real. The firsthand account of the mission that killed osama bin laden, was written by a former seal team leader who the. Us navy seals have reportedly been taken off active duty as a consequence of the leaked firsthand account no easy day about the raid on osama bin laden s compound in. According to scribner, oneills book will vividly recount a career that included some 400 missions, notably the may 2011 raid on bin laden s compound in pakistan. Former navy seal settles with authorities over bin laden. Government ends war against navy seal who wrote book on. The former navy seal using the pseudonym mark owens is coming under fire from the defense department about his book about the raid that killed osama bin lade.
Why this part of the book may not address the primary reason why most people will select this book, the raid on bin laden s compound, it does give an insight into how the. The operation, codenamed operation neptune spear, was carried out in a cialed operation with joint. Matt bissonnette is one of several special ops people in the new drama, seal team, a cbs entertainment spokesman told military times. Cbs hides id of navy seal who wrote bin laden book the. The navy seal who wrote the book about the bin laden raid. Seals tellall book raises questions about bin ladens. Book on bin laden raid is a fabrication, says us special. 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. The author requested he be published under the pseudonym, mark owen. Exseal, author of controversial bin laden book, adviser. A former navy seal at the center of a brewing battle with the u. Navy seal who says he killed bin laden has book deal. Chuck pfarrers book seal target geronimo claims the stealth helicopter involved in the raid on bin laden s compound on may 2, 2011, crashed.
Navy seal on bin laden raid speaks out former seal team six member pens book on death of al qaeda leader. The cia declassified a new tranche of documents seized during the 2011 raid on osama bin laden s compound. Osama bin laden, the founder and first leader of the islamist terrorist group, alqaeda, was killed in pakistan on may 2, 2011, shortly after 1. Last year, chuck pfarrer, a former seal commander, wrote seal target geronimo, an account of the bin laden raid based on interviews with members of the navy seals.
In the book, bissonnette says he was motivated to write in part to clear up inaccuracies in official and published accounts of the raid. The publisher is expecting a major best seller, with a planned print run of 300,000 copies in hardcover. Seals book shows bin laden raid up close the seattle times. The book promises a firsthand account of the raid that killed osama bin laden in this compound. Friend defends author of bin laden raid book youtube. 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. Navy seal author worried about leaks after bin laden raid. When the team members entered bin ladens room, they saw his wife wailing over his body, the book added. At a tuesday briefing at cia headquarters, counterterrorism officials released 1. In the book no easy day, a seal who used the pseudonym mark owen wrote that suppressed gunshots were heard when the team was less than five steps away from getting to the top.