Navy Seal Raid that Resulted in Osama Bin Laden's Death Described in Book, Questioned by Pentagon?
A former Navy Seal has come under controversy for working with Penguin to publish a book that recounts the details on the day Osama bin Laden was found and killed.
The author penned his name as Mark Owen, but his real name has not been revealed and Owen has refused to print his real name in fear of the consequences that could result.
The not yet released book, titled "No Easy Day," recounts details that occurred before, during, and after the May 2nd raid that resulted in Osama bin Laden's death. In one excerpt, printed by the U.K. Sun, Owen describes the moment that he saw Bin Laden dying on the floor.
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"We were less than five steps from getting to the top when I heard shots," Owen writes. "In his death throes, he was still twitching and convulsing. Another assaulter and I trained our lasers on his chest and fired several rounds. The bullets tore into him, slamming his body into the floor until he was motionless."
Owen then goes on to explain how he felt in the moments following.
"Lying in front of me was the reason we had been fighting for the last decade," Owen said. "It was surreal trying to clean the blood off the most wanted man in the world so that I could shoot his photo."
Owen also shared other details about the compound in which Osama Bin Laden was found and the other people that were found in it.
"Through the sweat running down my face and the grit in my eyes from the rotor wash, I could just make out the figure of a woman in the green glow of my night-vision goggles," Owen wrote according to the Post. "She had something in her arms, and my finger slowly started applying pressure to my trigger. I could see our lasers dancing around her head. It would only take a split second to end her life if she was holding a bomb."
The book details have prompted the Pentagon to threaten legal action, stating that the book was "in material breach of nondisclosure agreements he signed with the U.S. government."
Lawyers for the publisher have argued the contrary.
