Because you used so many negative and hateful words about Matt and others, that is a sure sign that Matts book is the truth! (Photo screenshot from YouTube) In fact, he was part of the daring . Its a mistake for which both emotionally and financially he has and will pay very dearly, he added, though the lawyer believes he will be able to wrap up a settlement on both potential civil and criminal charges by years end. He was a man who was shot in the face at close range three times.. Bissonnette first learned of the possible bin Laden raid from a landscape guy he shared with his boss. Bissonnettes goal was self-glorification and makes no pretense that he went into Pakistan to assassinate, in cold-blood (similar to the Saudis cold-blooded destruction of the World Trade Center and wrongful loss of life where I lost family and friends) bin Laden the author of numerous atrocities. Bain Capital, the foundation of Mitt Romneys multi-million dollar stash in the Cayman Island (Romney is founder and CEO of Bain Capital), has allowed Mitt to avoid taxes on more than $20 million, and what taxes he pays, he pays at the rate of 13% or lessfar under that of poor people. Matt moved to Los Angeles in 1983 where he played in many Top 40 bands, one of which was the band Airplay at Disneyland where he met a girl singer named Chariya who he later married and has been married to for 26 years. How many covert wars, miscarriages of justice, and dystopian technologies would remain hidden if our reporters werent on the beat? There are people in the community who arent talking to me anymore, he said, especially active-duty SEALs who fear their careers would be ended if caught communicating with him. Published Mar 19, 2018 5:29 PM EDT. The rescue of Capt. Author Matt Bissonnette, whose pen name for the best-seller "No Easy Day" is Mark Owen, is one of two dozen retired and active-duty military officers who provided technical advice, voice-overs . Thanks to Matthew Cole of The Intercept, now we know how and why the N.C.I.S. John Hudson. Contributed photo. Matthew Bissonnette, the former SEAL and author of No Easy Day, a firsthand account of the 2011 bin Laden operation, had already been under investigation by both the Justice Department and the Navy for revealing classified information. In this file photo, Matt Bissonnette is shown as a member of Navy Seal Team 5. Fox News quoted one SEAL saying How do we tell our guys to stay quiet when this guy wont? Other accounts have members of the SEALs going as far as calling him a traitor., SEAL Team 6 Hero Nicolas Checque: Top 10 Facts You Need to Know. Bissonette was quoted saying Its time to set the record straight about the most important mission in US Military History., 5. 7 posts. I am certainly sharing this essay out to my friends and groups on facebook. ADS did not respond to a request for comment. The Supreme Court case was Frank W. Snepp, III v. United States. Honoring my old pal Brett Tuggle. interval: an insiders account of Saigons indecent end told by the CIAs chief strategy analyst in Vietnam, New York, NY: Random House, 1977; it is also published in Chinese [Taiwan] Tai-pei : Lien ha pao she 1978 [The Chinese/Taiwanese characters do not display here) about his CIA activities in South Vietnam without submitting it to the agency for prepublication review. 7. All rights reserved. Racisim is a conditioned response by a group that sees itself as superior even though, in most cases, it is actually a minority and in many ways equal to or inferior to those it persecutes as in Tsarist and now Putinian Russia when it is disparagingly anti-Moscovites and treats those from Siberia and the steepes as lower beings. Obama watching attack on bin Laden (Romania News). We realized failure to submit the book for review raised legitimate questions about his conduct. . Luskin had already reached a settlement with the Pentagon on potential civil claims, now temporarily on hold while Bissonnette cooperates with a criminal investigation. .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } 4. All rights reserved. Four armed Somali pirates . He Has Upset Current And Former SEALs From left are Steven Ebuna, Ryan McNamee, Matt Duncan and Craig Bissonnette. Bissonnettes position often put him in direct contact with manufacturers and suppliers outside the military in order to assess and evaluate what equipment was needed for classified training exercises and missions. They dont call it SEAL Team 6-Year-Old for nothing, Bissonnette said bitterly of the rejection by a man who up until then had given him top performance reviews and tried to persuade him not to leave the Navy after the Bin Laden raid in 2011. The Navy SEAL Team 6 member who used the pseudonym Mark Owen to write No Easy Day, the tell-all book about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, has been outed by Fox News. repeated that sentiment in a letter (PDF). [CDATA[>*/ But those works went through some form of review, or socialization with the SEAL command, before publicationand both Panetta and Vickers drew intense political fire from Republican circles for talking of the raid. The books full title is No Easy Day: The First Hand Account Of The Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden. Matt Bissonnette has been told by the U.S. military that he allegedly is in break of confidentiality agreements he signed while . Matt Bissonnette Former Navy Seal Matt Bissonnette aka. The females in the US military at Abu Gharib were especially vicious, as withLynnde Rana England (b. Articles may contain affiliate links which enable us to share in the revenue of any purchases made. The DoD claims the book contains classified information, which the book's publisher and Bissonnette deny. EXCLUSIVE - SEALS AT WAR: Fellow warriors brand Rob O'Neill a LIAR after he claims he was the shooter who fired three bullets into Bin Laden's head. Top photo:Torpedoman Mate 3rd Class Matthew Bissonnette, member from Navy SEALTeam 5, scans the area practicinga beach incursion during Northern Edge, San Diego, Calif., March 24, 2001. Curls. It is ripe for that, as Bissonnettes book does not even approach a shred of history but glorifies himself while putting others at risk. Research into various articles, communications with the Pentagon and other sources shows Bissonnette to be hot headed and bad blood with a vengenace against all. Complete player biography and stats. He Penned the First First-Hand Look at Killing Bin Laden. The problem here is if corporations are people, why do corporations not pay taxes, such as Exxon, Romney (C) and Bain Capital (photo: Boston Globe). He wants you to know thats a mistake he did not repeat with his new book, No Hero. A researcher does not give praise where it is not due, and to risk the lives of compatriots in an assault is foolish and forbidden by military code (law). Bissonnette will keep the money from No Herothough he intends to give the lions share of the royalties from No Easy Day to charity after paying his legal bills. A Navy SEAL who helped kill Osama bin Laden allegedly kept an unauthorized photo of his corpse, The Intercept reported Tuesday. Bissonnette has said in public interviews that the same officer now refuses to speak to him. Matt Bissonnette, the former Navy SEAL who wrote a memoir about the May 2011 raid to kill Osama bin Laden, appeared on Sunday night's episode of "60 Minutes." CBS 60 Minutes Screenshot Most recently in the NIHL with Sheffield Steeldogs. SEALs in Vietnam, Panama, Iraq were writing books, Bissonnette said So I dont buy it when the old crusty dudes say Nobody should be talking. The only real description I can use to describe Seal Team 6 is Scary Awesome. SEAL Team 6s official name is The United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU for short). [3][4], Bissonnette was involved in the Maersk Alabama hijacking rescue operation in 2009 and Operation Neptune Spear in 2011, both alongside DEVGRU teammate Robert J. O'Neill, who claims to have fired the shots that killed Bin Laden. Bissonnettes prime problem is himself: he never grew up emotionally nor mentally, but consulted on violent video games, and became a devotee to action games and targets. Element Group, a company Bissonnette helped set up in Virginia Beach about five years ago, is among the companies NCIS is said to be investigating. For the curious among us, a Google image search of bin laden body turns up hundreds of photographs of the dead terrorist leader, but none have ever been confirmed as genuine. on about your day, ask yourself: How likely is it that the story you just read would have been produced by a different news outlet if The Intercept hadnt done it? 24, 2001) -- Torpedoman Mate 3rd Class Matt Bissonnette member from Navy Seal Team 5, San Diego, Calif., scans the area as they practice a beach . Usama bin Laden, it is true, sent many men to their deaths in keeping with the letter of the law of the Koran, but the truth is not within the Koran on this assassination that is more in keeping with the policies of Henry Kissinger under Nixon when he ordered the assassination of the legally elected and popular Salvador Allende of Chile (video). Other deletions are easy to guess, like when they black out the number in SEAL Team XXX. But now, Bissonnette has been ordered to forfeit the $6.8 million that he earned in book royalties and associated financial gains from various speaking engagements. Bissonnettes racism and egocentricism are far more a factor. Interviewer Scott Pelley referred to Bissonnette by his pseudonym. Marine General James Hoss Cartwright has long been a trusted adviser to Barrack Obama, and according to insider Pentagon information is one of Obamas favorite advisers, whose judgment he trusts when making important decisions on national defense. Pushed by Don Rumsfeld, Condoleezza Rice, and Dick Cheney under the legal paper by UC Berkeley professor of law John Yoo, Bush authorized the cold-blooded murder of Iraqis in Abu Gharib prison (read here and here). It must be remembered that the military (universally) has always looked upon minorities disfavorably under the augmentation of religions that have considered marginalized people to be less than human: we find this in the curse of Cain used by the Jews, Christians, Mormons, etc. Bissonnette continues to hide his face and use the pseudonym "Mark Owen. Two of bin Laden's bodyguards and one of their wives had already been shot dead. Jeh C. Johnson, the Pentagons general counsel, told Bissonnette that he was in material breach of two nondisclosure agreements he signed in 2007. The kind of reporting we do is essential to democracy, but it is not easy, cheap, or profitable. The relationship with ADS raised ethical concerns among leaders at SEAL Team 6 when they first learned about it in 2011, because ADS was a significant supplier to the unit, according to two former senior SEAL leaders. -- The United States has settled its years-long legal battle with . He then enlisted in the Navy, graduating with BUD/S class 226 as the Honor-man(top of the class) in 1999 and served with SEAL Team Five. Ahead of the publication of his latest book, the current head of all Navy SEALs, Rear Adm. Brian Losey, repeated that sentiment in a letter (PDF) to the community that seemed timed for Bissonnettes 60 Minutes appearance this weekendand the advertised appearance of a SEAL who calls himself The Shooter who is slated to appear talking about the raid on Fox News later this month. Facebook gives people the. A rival book, No Easy Op (an e-bookavailable from www,Amazon.com), claims that there was bad blood between Bissonnette and other SEALs (read hereand here). According to a former SEAL Team 6 operator familiar with Element Groups business arrangements, the firm, which has since been shut down, designed prototypes for, and advised, private companies that make sporting and tactical equipment. 010324-F-1129S-009\nSAN Diego, Calif. (Mar. During his exit [from the Navy] we found out he had other companies and side deals going on, said the former SEAL Team 6 operator who has been interviewed for the investigation. | Director: Who Loves the Sun. For Bissonnette, it seems confusing and hypocritical. [1], Bissonnette grew up hunting and fishing in a remote Alaskan town called Aniak. The Intercept is an independent nonprofit news outlet. Hes Not The Only SEAL Angry with Obama. He also founded and edits Duffel Blog, an influential satirical newsletter for the military. A critical [tenet] of our ethos is I do not advertise the nature of my work nor seek recognition for my actions, says the letter obtained by The Daily Beast, signed by both Losey and the SEAL Force Master Chief M.L. Every SEAL I know read a book and thats why they became a SEAL. (Other reporters, including this one, named him after that.). Matt Bissonette is a former United States Navy SEAL and author of No Easy Day, a book which he wrote using the pen name Mark Owen. The publication of the book, which hit the New York Times bestseller list, took Bissonnettes unit and the Pentagon by surprise. What the Snowden Files Say About the Osama Bin Laden Raid, The CIA and the Myths of the Bin Laden Raid, How Makers of Zero Dark Thirty Seduced CIA with Fake Earrings. Matthew Bissonnette, a former Navy SEAL involved in the 2011 raid that killed Osama Bin Laden, kept a photo of the slain Al Qaeda leaders corpse on a hard-drive that he has since surrendered to federal investigators, multiple sources familiar with the matter told The Intercept. NCIS does not discuss the details of ongoing investigations, Buice said. [CDATA[>*/ At least two SEALs were removed from the unit, and another two were forced to retire as a result, according to several former members of SEAL Team 6. What do we know about him? He Was a Chief in SEAL Team 6 In an interview with the Washington Post this week, former Navy SEAL Robert O'Neill, 38, publicly identified himself as the man who shot Bin Laden. Mr. Luskin, Mr. Bissonnettes lawyer, would not comment on the status of any current probe or whether his client kept a picture of Bin Ladens corpse, the site added. Matt Bissonnette is the former Chief in Navy SEAL Team 6 who tried to hide his name as "Mark Owen" for his Osama Bin Laden upcoming book. The two people familiar with the probesaid the current investigation, led by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, expanded after Bissonnette agreed to hand over a hard drive containing an unauthorized photo of the al Qaeda leaders corpse. The former Navy SEAL who shot Osama bin Laden in the face during the 2011 raid on his compound wants By From left are Steven Ebuna, Ryan McNamee, Matt Duncan and Craig Bissonnette. Racism is rampant throughout the military. In a gimmicky move, it comes out Sept. 11. Members of Yes, We're Sweeping Together celebrate their league playoff win last weekend after defeating the 40 oz. CNN camera-woman)that over the past three years printedObama as a monkey, ape, tribal African, and had endorsed the insanity of Obama not being born in the USA that was used not only by Donald Trump but also by Mitt Romney, on broadsides used by Bissonnette to express his hatred for the President. He is the brother of Joel Bissonnette, an actor. He was previously married to Molly Parker. This version of events indicates that there was little real effort made to capture bin Laden, the capture being what Obama and civilized societies wanted so that bin Laden would be tried at the Hague. If the photos were released, Murphy reasons, it would cause an international scandal. In the past the US Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the Pentagon when an unauthorized book by a military member was published even without exposing confidential or classified information as was the case with retired CIA agent Frank Snepp published a book (Decent. /*-->*/ 763, 62 L.Ed.2d 704) decided February 19, 1980. The former Navy SEAL team member says once the team was inside the compound, one SEAL fired after seeing a man's head poking into a hallway. Matthew Bissonnette . He speaks with wistful bitterness of how in the aftermath of No Easy Days publication, he reached out to that SEAL Team 6 commander who fashioned the fake headstone to explain that hed never intended to put out anything that would endanger his teammates. (Photo by Force Technical Sergeant Brian Snyder/Air Force) The former Navy SEAL whose 2012 book . And O'Neill himself also pushed back on this version of events when I asked. Bissonnette made himself the sole grody god over USA policy. Moments after Reagan took the oath of office, Iran freed the prisoners, and Reagan sent the Ayatollah a Bible as a thank you gift. January 19 2016, 3:00 a.m. Photo: U.S. Air Force. Former CIA and Pentagon chief Leon Panetta and top Pentagon intelligence chief Michael Vickers were both exposed for presumably White House-sanctioned cooperation with the filmmakers of Zero Dark Thirty, which chronicled the raid. Bissonnette stated that most of the proceeds from the book will be donated to families of SEALs killed in action. That SEAL who was also on the bin Laden raid was given a non-judicial punishment by the Navy that ended his military career but allows for an honorable discharge, according to one of the two people familiar with the case. Magaraci. Matt Bissonnette (director), Canadian film director and screenwriter. A new book about the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden, No Easy Day, officially released today, seems headed to the top of the bestseller lists. Facts uncovered in the plethora of papers show that it was Obama who initiated and commandeered the maneuvering to kill bin Laden. The poignantly pregnant problem in Bissonnettes fable is that there are more lies in his book than were in the speech given by Paul Ryan at the RNC convention in Tampa, Florida.
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