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August 31, 2012 4:51 AM
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Pentagon may take legal action against SEAL author
FILE
- This book cover image released by Dutton shows "No Easy Day: The
Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama Bin Laden," by Mark
Owen with Kevin Maurer. The Pentagon's top lawyer has informed the
former Navy SEAL who authored the forthcoming book describing details of
the raid that killed Osama bin Laden that he violated agreements to not
divulge military secrets and that as a result the Pentagon is
considering taking legal action against him. The general counsel of the
Defense Department, Jeh Johnson, wrote in a letter transmitted to the
author on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012, that he had signed two nondisclosure
agreements with the Navy in 2007 that obliged him to "never divulge"
classified information. Johnson said that after reviewing a copy of the
book, "No Easy Day," the Pentagon concluded that the author is in
"material breach and violation" of the agreements. (AP Photo/Dutton,
File) (Uncredited)
The general counsel of the Defense Department, Jeh Johnson, wrote in a letter transmitted Thursday to the author that he had signed two nondisclosure agreements with the Navy in 2007 that obliged him to "never divulge" classified information.
"This commitment remains in force even after you left the active duty Navy," Johnson wrote. He said the author, Matt Bissonnette, left active duty "on or about April 20, 2012," which was nearly one year after the May 2011 raid.
By signing the agreements, Bissonnette acknowledged his awareness, Johnson wrote, that "disclosure of classified information constitutes a violation of federal criminal law." He said it also obliged the author to submit his manuscript for a security review by the government before it was published. The Pentagon has said the manuscript was not submitted for review, although it obtained a copy last week.
Johnson said that after reviewing a copy of the book, "No Easy Day," the Pentagon concluded that the author is in "material breach and violation" of the agreements.
The book is to be published next week by Penguin Group (USA)'s Dutton imprint. The Associated Press purchased a copy Tuesday.
Johnson addressed his letter to Mr. "Mark Owen," using quotation marks to signify that that this is the author's pseudonym. His real name is Matt Bissonnette.
Bissonnette referred requests for comment about the letter to his publisher, which was not immediately available.
"I write to formally advise you of your material breach and violation of your agreements, and to inform you that the department is considering pursuing against you, and all those acting in concert with you, all remedies legally available to us in light of this situation," Johnson wrote.
The Pentagon has not revealed how it got a copy of the book.
Johnson noted that "copies of the book have apparently already been released." He added, "further public dissemination of your book will aggravate your breach and violation of your agreements."
The Pentagon did not release copies of the nondisclosure agreements that it said Bissonnette had signed in 2007. A spokesman, Army Col. Steve Warren, said they were being withheld because they include the author's real name and his signature.
In his book, 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. Administration officials have described the SEALs shooting bin Laden only after he ducked back into a bedroom because they assumed he might be reaching for a weapon.
Military experts said Wednesday that if Bissonnette's recollection is accurate, the SEALS made the right call to open fire on the terrorist mastermind, who had plenty of time to reach for a weapon or explosives as they made their way up to the third level of the house where he hid.
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Here is how I see the problem that this author got himself into. The original story vetted to the news before the book was that Bin Laden defended himself with a Kalashnikov. But in the book he didn't try to defend himself at all. What this may mean is that Bin Laden still worked or was retired from the U.S. Government as an operative for the CIA. He may have been a double agent all this time since he received stinger missiles in Afghanistan and began shooting down Soviet Helicopters and planes with them. This is how Bin Laden became popular with the Mujahedeen and Pakistanis in the first place. But if Bin Laden always has been a double agent this makes a lot of things that the U.S. Government saying about him very uncomfortable to say the least for the western world and even for NATO.
I think this also ties into some of the prisoners at Guantanamo likely were aware of a lot of this and maybe this is why some Pakistanis and Afghanistanis were kept prisoner all this time as well to keep them quiet without trial. So, this Seal revealing all this showed some of the chinks in the armor of the stories the western world has been telling for 20 to 30 years that may not have been totally true.
So, if Bin Laden really was a double agent then likely he was a "fund raiser" which is a made up bad guy to get more money for the military and the world military industrial complex. So, maybe Eisenhower was right about the world military industrial complex being one of the most dangerous things to a free world that he had ever seen. I don't have any proof of any of this and since Bin Laden is now dead and no one ever planned to take him prisoner many people will now suspect more than ever that what I'm writing here could be true. Because from a logical point of view it all adds up. But since Bin Laden is now dead none of us can ever know for sure. But the likelihood that this Seal will be prosecuted likely is greater now because I'm not the only one who can be logical and add everything in the public domain up that happened in the last 30 years or so.
Maybe a way for you to understand better is to watch the movie "Charlie Wilson's War" while realizing the guy shooting the missiles at helicopters and planes was Bin Laden and his people. The next movie to watch is: "Wag the Dog" with Dustin Hoffman and maybe some of the pieces I'm talking about will all fit together better for you.
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