Monday, February 11, 2013

What's the story on the Navy SEAL who shot Osama?

English: Navy SEAL
English: Navy SEAL (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
A Huffington Post story says he has been released from active duty, losing his health care and any hope of a 20-year pension:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/11/navy-seal-osama-bin-laden_n_2661971.html

HP seems to be relying on a story published recently in Esquire Magazine:

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/esquire-publishes-first-ever-interview-with-the-navy-seal-who-killed-osama-bin-laden-190655331.html

http://tv.yahoo.com/news/navy-seal-killed-bin-laden-speaks-complaints-161012171.html

Meanwhile, his comrade in arms, writing under the pseudonym Mark Owen, has a book out on the mission:

http://www.flipkart.com/no-easy-day-only-first-hand-account-navy-seal-mission-killed-osama-bin-laden/p/itmdcukrtawzhkqh

And it's no. 9 on the NY Times Non-fiction, hardcover bestseller list.

http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/hardcover-nonfiction/list.html

Are we seeing sad and dangerous fissures in the elite SEAL infrastructure?  Are the SEALs becoming too famous for their own good?  Will fame and fortune be their downfall?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100232/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnlPgo9TaGo

http://www.zerodarkthirty-movie.com/

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57547417/7-navy-seals-disciplined-for-role-with-video-game/








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