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No Easy Day by Mark Owen
No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama bin Laden
is an upcoming military memoir of "
Mark Owen
", a pseudonymous former member of the United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU) subsequently identified as
Matt Bissonnette
, who participated in the mission that resulted in
the death of Osama bin Laden
.
The author,
Matt Bissonnette
, was one of the United States Navy SEALs who participated in
the mission to kill Osama bin Laden
and stated that he was one of the team members to have been present in the third floor room of bin Laden's compound when the terrorist leader was killed. In the months following the mission,
Matt Bissonnette
retired and began authoring the book
No Easy Day
.
Matt Bissonnette
claims to express the position that DEVGRU (formerly SEAL Team Six) held with the mission.
Matt Bissonnette
stated that a small amount of the proceeds from the book
No Easy Day
will be donated to families of SEALS killed in action. Shortly after the book's announcement,
Matt Bissonnette
's identity was revealed, with the Department of Defense confirming him as the pseudonymous author. For media appearances,
Matt Bissonnette
will appear incognito.
No Easy Day
was announced on August 22, 2012, not long after retired members of DEVGRU, as well as retired members of the Central Intelligence Agency, accused
United States President Barack Obama
of taking credit and releasing sensitive documentation for the aid of his campaign for the 2012 presidential election. Press secretary George E. Little of the United States Department of Defense stated that the book
No Easy Day
had yet to be evaluated for sensitive information that could potentially jeopardize national security. (Summary by Wikipedia)
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