Former SEAL Writes A Book; Cue Indignation -- Owen West And Bing West, Wall Street Journal'No Easy Day,' about the bin Laden raid, joins a multimedia tradition.
Tuesday brought the news that "No Easy Day," a firsthand account of the 2011 raid on the Osama bin Laden compound written by a former Navy SEAL and due to be published on Sept. 11, had been discovered already on sale in a bookshop. Its contents are being widely discussed, the publisher has moved up publication to Sept. 4—and the brouhaha over the appropriateness of Matt Bissonnette's writing the book is only going to increase.
Please, spare us the outrage, or at least most of it. The U.S. Special Operations Command has expressed indignation about "No Easy Day," which will be published under the nom de plume Mark Owen, even though Mr. Bissonnette's bid for anonymity has been foiled. If the author violated his classified nondisclosure agreement, he must accept the consequences. Submitting the book for pre-approval would have avoided investigation by the Pentagon, which is currently checking the manuscript.
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My Comment: The Wests are spot on.
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