Book on killing UBL in the works

[LongBlade]

Not on Amazon as of this posting, but I'm looking forward to it.

A book company said Wednesday that it will release on September 11 a firsthand account of the raid that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

Christine Ball, director of marketing and publicity for Dutton, a subsidiary of Penguin Group USA, said the book was written by a Navy SEAL under a pen name.

The book is entitled "No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama bin Laden."

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/22/us/navy-seal-book-bin-laden/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

[0kult13]

Publishing some actual evidence of a dead Osama would be better, still bet it makes for a good hollywood movie with plenty in theater chanting.

[0kult13]

Looks like the seal guy might get sued by the pentegon for revealing military secrets, but is that not like aiding the enemy like what bradly did.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19432601

"The Pentagon says it may sue a former US special forces member who has written a first-hand account of the May 2011 raid that killed Osama Bin Laden.

The Department of Defense's top lawyer has informed the former Navy Seal that he has violated agreements not to divulge military secrets.

He signed two non-disclosure forms with the Navy in 2007, the Pentagon said"

[LongBlade]

I saw that.

I wonder if the defense will try to integrate the leaks out of the White House as part of its strategy. Could be interesting.

[mirth]

I saw that.

I wonder if the defense will try to integrate the leaks out of the White House as part of its strategy. Could be interesting.

How could/would they do that? Civilian leaks exempt him from his military NDAs?

I'm also curious why he and his publisher didn't have the book vetted by the DoD ahead of time. Isn't that standard practice in these situations?

[LongBlade]

I saw that.

I wonder if the defense will try to integrate the leaks out of the White House as part of its strategy. Could be interesting.

How could/would they do that? Civilian leaks exempt him from his military NDAs?

I'm also curious why he and his publisher didn't have the book vetted by the DoD ahead of time. Isn't that standard practice in these situations?

I'm no legal scholar. I'm speculating that information already leaked into the public domain isn't exactly "secret" any more. My interest is in comparing what is in the book versus what has been leaked. If the author was smart, there will be a nearly perfect match.

[mirth]

I saw that.

I wonder if the defense will try to integrate the leaks out of the White House as part of its strategy. Could be interesting.

How could/would they do that? Civilian leaks exempt him from his military NDAs?

I'm also curious why he and his publisher didn't have the book vetted by the DoD ahead of time. Isn't that standard practice in these situations?

I'm no legal scholar. I'm speculating that information already leaked into the public domain isn't exactly "secret" any more. My interest is in comparing what is in the book versus what has been leaked. If the author was smart, there will be a nearly perfect match.

I see what you're saying. Guess it depends on the language in the NDA. If the information is still technically classified then he's probably in trouble. Some of the other guys here probably know better about it.

[LongBlade]

The author can't be stupid. He has to know he's got some kind of NDA and he almost certainly discussed the restrictions with an attorney.

I'm no expert, but this seems like very basic stuff - the publisher, too, almost certainly had a legal team look over the entire arrangement.

That's what strikes me as so odd - no one in their right mind is going to go through the expense and effort to write and publish this if it's blatantly running headlong into an NDA roadblock. It just doesn't make sense.

That's why I think the White House leaks are key - we all know that there was a ton of info that shouldn't have been leaked. My gut tells me it is within this pool of public knowledge that the book has to have been written. It makes no sense in any other context.

[mirth]

Meh, people do dumb things all the time. It'll be interesting to see how it plays out, either way.

[MIGMaster]

http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/04/politics/seals-bin-laden-book/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

[Bison]

I started reading it last night.  Pretty damn good book so far.  Highly recommend.

[LongBlade]

I started reading it last night.  Pretty damn good book so far.  Highly recommend.

Finished it yesterday. Compiling thoughts for a front page review.

Great read.

[LongBlade]

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