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SEAL Book Disses Obama Account of bin Laden Raid

Team wasn't a big fan of president, former SEAL writes

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 29, 2012 6:10 AM CDT

(Newser) – A book from a former Navy SEAL who took part in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden is looking pretty embarrassing for the Obama administration, reports the AP, which has obtained a copy of Mark Bissonette's No Easy Day. Among the revelations:

  • Bin Laden was shot in the head as soon as he looked out of his bedroom door, according to Bissonnette, contradicting official accounts that say he was shot only after ducking back into the room, possibly to grab a weapon.

  • The official account says bin Laden's body was treated with respect before its burial at sea, but Bissonnette says that the helicopter flight out of the compound was so cramped that a SEAL had to sit on bin Laden's chest.
  • None of the SEALs were fans of President Obama and one of them joked after the raid that they had just gotten him re-elected, writes Bissonnette, though he says they respected him for ordering the raid.
  • When the team met Obama and Joe Biden after the raid, Biden told "lame jokes," reminiscent of "someone's drunken uncle at Christmas dinner," Bissonnette writes.
The White House had no comment last night.

No Easy Day, written by Bissonnette under the pseudonym Mark Owen, will be released September 4 instead of September 11 as originally planned.
"No Easy Day," written by Bissonnette under the pseudonym Mark Owen, will be released September 4 instead of September 11 as originally planned.   (AP Photo/Dutton, File)
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ConradPowell
Sep 3, 2012 11:36 AM CDT
As an attorney myself, it is clear that the battle lines are drawn. The requisite provisions of the law in relation to Mark Owen’s claim for First Amendment Expression runs counter to the Government’s need for secrecy under the rubric of protecting lives. It is well settled, according to the US Supreme Court, that the government may regulate Free Speech according to time, place and manner restrictions that are justified vis a vis health and safety considerations. The DOD could make the argument that they are within their right to curtail Mark Owen’s freedom of expression because it would endanger the lives of other officers. Interesting, I too wrote a book entitled NO EASY DAY: A Fictional Account of the Mission that "Killed" Osama Bin Laden" (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00505B5EU ) However, mine is total fiction. My book was published May 09, 2011. Conrad Powell, Esq. – Attorney-at-Law, http://conradpowell.blogspot.com
Bulls-Eye
Aug 29, 2012 6:03 PM CDT
For you doubters, there is now conclusive proof that Osama bin Laden is dead.  He was found to be a registered voter in Chicago.
newsderp
Aug 29, 2012 2:55 PM CDT
I really haven't heard Obama take credit for this nearly as much as I've heard everybody and their mom in the republican party shout about how it wasn't his doing. No shit sherlock, the SEALS are the players and last time I checked the owner still gets a ring when his team wins the championship. This guy sounds like a real American hero, too bad he had to go and get all Jose Canseco on the white house and shit in the punch bowl like that. Bin Laden is dead, and I can't blame this former SEAL for trying to cash in on his time in the service before all his benefits get taken away by the Republican party. Thats called irony.

 
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