ahlam1399
08-20-2016, 04:01 AM
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon has reportedly dropped a claim against a former Navy SEAL who wrote about his experiences in the US raid that killed Osama bin Laden, after he agreed to forfeit earnings from the book.
The US Justice Department on Friday told US media it had finalized a settlement with Matt Bissonnette, who in 2012 published a book about his role in the raid titled "** Easy Day."
"Mr Bissonnette has agreed to pay the United States all of his past and future proceeds from the publication of ´** Easy Day,´" Department of Justice spokesperson Nicole Navas said in a statement.
The Daily Beast, which first reported the story, said Bissonnette will forfeit more than $6.7 million in book earnings and a**ther $1.3 million in legal fees.
The Obama administration had filed a claim against Bissonnette for publishing the book without Pentagon approval and violating **n-disclosure agreements.
"After the initial accusations of me leaking all that classified stuff... they found **thing," Bissonnette told the Beast.
"They were just upset with me and wanted to get me one way or a**ther," he added. "For four years, they looked into every little thing. **w... one signature and it all goes away."
The US government had been accused of a double standard for targeting Bissonnette after US officials described the Bin Laden raid in great detail to Mark Boal, the screenwriter for "Zero Dark Thirty," directed by Kathryn Bigelow.
SEALs and other commando units are shrouded in secrecy and, traditionally at least, the special operators have frowned upon talking publicly about past missions.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/com/YEor/~4/7JYnvHOTl5k
أكثر... (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/com/YEor/~3/7JYnvHOTl5k/143874-Former-SEAL-on-Bin-Laden-raid-to-forfeit-book-proceeds)
The US Justice Department on Friday told US media it had finalized a settlement with Matt Bissonnette, who in 2012 published a book about his role in the raid titled "** Easy Day."
"Mr Bissonnette has agreed to pay the United States all of his past and future proceeds from the publication of ´** Easy Day,´" Department of Justice spokesperson Nicole Navas said in a statement.
The Daily Beast, which first reported the story, said Bissonnette will forfeit more than $6.7 million in book earnings and a**ther $1.3 million in legal fees.
The Obama administration had filed a claim against Bissonnette for publishing the book without Pentagon approval and violating **n-disclosure agreements.
"After the initial accusations of me leaking all that classified stuff... they found **thing," Bissonnette told the Beast.
"They were just upset with me and wanted to get me one way or a**ther," he added. "For four years, they looked into every little thing. **w... one signature and it all goes away."
The US government had been accused of a double standard for targeting Bissonnette after US officials described the Bin Laden raid in great detail to Mark Boal, the screenwriter for "Zero Dark Thirty," directed by Kathryn Bigelow.
SEALs and other commando units are shrouded in secrecy and, traditionally at least, the special operators have frowned upon talking publicly about past missions.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/com/YEor/~4/7JYnvHOTl5k
أكثر... (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/com/YEor/~3/7JYnvHOTl5k/143874-Former-SEAL-on-Bin-Laden-raid-to-forfeit-book-proceeds)