Friday, September 7, 2012

Six Top Revelations From Book On The Bin Laden Mission

'No Easy Day': Six Top Revelations From Book On The Bin Laden Mission -- Christian Science Monitor

The Navy SEAL Team 6 operators hand-picked to raid Osama bin Laden’s compound in 2011 had some unwelcome surprises waiting for them as they hit the ground, according to Matt Bissonnette (pen name Mark Owen) in his controversial book “No Easy Day,” released Tuesday.

The training that went into the mission included key help from female operators, practical jokes, and an audition of sorts for top US officials, who watched it before deciding whether the Special Operations Forces should go ahead with the raid.

“None of us had believed Washington would approve the mission,” Mr. Bissonnette writes.

Here are the top six revelations from his new memoir.

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My Comment: With all of these revelations, it is not surprising that Matt Bissonnette has now been ostracized from his fellow SEALs.

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