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Navy seal mark owen credits army pilots for success of bin. Seal who wrote bin laden raid tellall forced to give all proceeds to. 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. 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. In his book, he does not identify the man who fired the fatal shots at bin laden, referring to him as simply the point man. Navy seal who wrote book on bin laden raid sues exattorneys. Mark owen not his real name was a us navy seal team six member and, he says, the second man to arrive in bin laden s bedroom during the raid. The raid on bin laden s compound in abbottabad, pakistan was launched from afghanistan. Joe layden is an awardwinning journalist and writer. Mark bissonnette, who described the raid in the book no easy day.
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