A researcher does not give praise where it is not due, and to risk the lives of compatriots in an assault is foolish and forbidden by military code (law). Because you used so many negative and hateful words about Matt and others, that is a sure sign that Matts book is the truth! Bissonnette's new film, Death of a Ladies' Man, borrows the title of Cohen's 1977 album (and his 1978 collection of poetry and prose, Death of a Lady's Man). The book also led to a string of internal Navy investigations, according to several former SEAL Team 6 operators. Hes a is native of Wrangell, Alaska, a town with a population of just over 2,300 that is only accessible via ferry or plane. A rival book, No Easy Op (an e-bookavailable from www,Amazon.com), claims that there was bad blood between Bissonnette and other SEALs (read hereand here). January 19 2016, 3:00 a.m. Photo: U.S. Air Force. The two people familiar with the probesaid the current investigation, led by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, expanded after Bissonnette agreed to hand over a hard drive containing an unauthorized photo of the al Qaeda leaders corpse. A Navy SEAL who helped kill Osama bin Laden allegedly kept an unauthorized photo of his corpse, The Intercept reported Tuesday. Join Facebook to connect with Matt Bissonnette and others you may know. Image courtesy of EltonJohn.com. How Bissonnette put himself as the author is noteworthy, for while he boasts and brags of the carnage he wrecks, he does not use his own reala signof insecurity,dysfunctionality and embarrassment. Element Group, a company Bissonnette helped set up in Virginia Beach about five years ago, is among the companies NCIS is said to be investigating. He also founded and edits Duffel Blog, an influential satirical newsletter for the military. Matt Bissonnette SEAL Book Could Have Royalties Seized by Pentagon. Bissonnette was not only irrational but cavalier with his own life, having little concern, as well, whether or not his colleagues were sacrificed on the blood-stained altar of war to hisgod of vengeance who tookorders from no one superior to himself. Pentagon spokesman Navy Cmdr. Here are a few confirmed ones:[3], Last edited on 10 February 2023, at 02:49, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Parachutist Insignia, "Chronicler of Bin Laden Raid Is Unmasked", "Author who detailed bin Laden raid has humble roots", "Osama Bin Laden killing: US Navy Seals row over shooting", "Former SEAL: Why We Shot Osama Bin Laden on Sight", "Who Shot Bin Laden? 166 Followers, 12 Following, 7 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Matt Bissonnette (@bissonnettematt) bissonnettematt. Act of Valor went on to gross $70 million, or roughly 70,000 times the monthly disability payment to a seriously wounded SEAL. The tragedy is that Bissonnette uses the book to justify himself and his personal vendetta. The unvarnished story begins on April 8, 2009. According to one of the people briefed on the case, investigators have uncovered payments of at least several hundred thousand dollars from ADS to Element Group, and are trying to determine what services Bissonnette and Element Group provided to ADS. The title clearly refers to his time in the military and is the first publicly released first-hand account of the mission that led to the death of Bin Laden. 24, 2001) -- Torpedoman Mate 3rd Class Matt Bissonnette member from Navy Seal Team 5, San Diego, Calif., scans the area as they practice a beach . The controversial book No Easy Day, written by a now-outed Navy SEAL, reveals the tools he took with him on the raid to get Osama bin Laden. The SEALs are not happy with Bissonnette and his book. Bowden's book, The Finish, comes out tomorrow, just over a month . I buy many books I do not agree with (I have the complete publications of the LDS Mormons and Pat Robertson) and write about their fraudulency citing contrary sources (as with Saint Justin Martyr who was no saint and deliberately changed the Greek text of pole for his Latin devotion to the instrument of torture crossthis disgraces and tarnishes the entire crucifixion legend). Muslim world calls for his execution. Bissonnettes book is chock-full of blacked-out lines of text showing that Pentagon censors had their way with the manuscript, but somewhat sloppily, deleting whole pages to remove references to what was apparently a joint U.S.-Pakistan military operation inside Pakistan. Bradley Cooper Set to Play Slain Navy SEAL Chris Kyle in Biopic, Matt Bissonnette: Top 10 Facts You Need to Know, Copyright 2023 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. Bain Capital, the foundation of Mitt Romneys multi-million dollar stash in the Cayman Island (Romney is founder and CEO of Bain Capital), has allowed Mitt to avoid taxes on more than $20 million, and what taxes he pays, he pays at the rate of 13% or lessfar under that of poor people. Remote recording from his personal recording studio. O'Neill had been the 10th man into the building out of the 23 members of SEAL Team 6 on the mission. The new book "No Easy Day" by former U.S. Navy SEAL Matt Bissonnette, who wrote under the name Mark Owen, gained widespread attention because of his firsthand account of how he and other members of SEAL Team Six killed Osama bin Laden. ST LOUIS (LALATE) - Matt Bissonnette photos of the Navy Seal book author "Mark Owen" have been released. Get the latest in military news, entertainment and gear in your inbox daily. Four armed Somali pirates . 1982), all acting in full contempt of the Geneva Convention. Bissonnettes latest book is a heres how it happened chapter-by-chapter summary of the highlights, and sometimes lowlights of his decade-plus career as a SEAL. (To his credit, Owen whose real name has been revealed to be Matt Bissonnette is donating most of the proceeds of his book to charities that help the families of fallen SEALs.) Usama bin Laden, it is true, sent many men to their deaths in keeping with the letter of the law of the Koran, but the truth is not within the Koran on this assassination that is more in keeping with the policies of Henry Kissinger under Nixon when he ordered the assassination of the legally elected and popular Salvador Allende of Chile (video). After graduating high school in 1994, he attended Biola University and earned his Bachelor's degree in Sociology in 1998. Ubiquitous sundry sources (SEALs and even people in Wrangell, Alaska)claim that Bissonnette wanted to leave the SEAL force to start his own business (its exact location is unknown at this time) as well as to write a Hollywood script for his personal heroic deeds in taking out [sic] Usama bin Laden. Later, more SEALs . Former CIA and Pentagon chief Leon Panetta and top Pentagon intelligence chief Michael Vickers were both exposed for presumably White House-sanctioned cooperation with the filmmakers of Zero Dark Thirty, which chronicled the raid. The author of the inside story of the Bin Laden raid is back with a new book, and after the Pentagon and his former teammates spurned him, hes calling them SEAL Team 6-Year-Old.. A former Navy SEAL who shot Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden told Fox News on Friday that he could rescue Americans from Kabul with "nine guys" amid the Taliban takeover of the country. Bissonnette held the rank of chief in the elite Navy SEAL Team 6 prior to retiring. Thebrummagem book shows that Bissonnette was more likely a manseeking, stalking and slithering towarda blood vengeance than a man with any honorable or patriotic intentionsnot against the Saudis who commandeered their planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, but against other SEALs working with him, with none privy to his intentions. Those who find the word traitor to painful to use against one of their own, soften it with the word treason and argue that Bissonnette compromised all future efforts of the SEALs program. 10. Matt Bissonnette, a former member of Navy SEAL Team 6 who wrote an account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, agreed on Friday to forfeit $6.8 million in book royalties and . 166 followers. MailOnline revealed that O'Neill is 'The . (Other reporters, including this one, named him after that.). Hes Not Happy with President Obama Get the latest matt bissonnette news, articles, videos and photos on the New York Post. I am certainly sharing this essay out to my friends and groups on facebook. Bissonnettewas seen as a rising star within the SEAL Team 6 command. /*-->*/. Bissonnette enlisted four teammates to join Element Group as consultants, according to several former members of SEAL Team 6. Bissonnette was the militarys Abraham and his fellow SEALs the Jacob and Ishmael of legend and Genesis. [1], Bissonnette grew up hunting and fishing in a remote Alaskan town called Aniak. A Tea Party registered Republicanwho calls Wrangell, Alaska home, Bissonnette claims he wrote the book seeking revenge for being kicked out of Team 6 of the SEAL program. I hope you will have time to read (and most likely hate) my forthcoming book on the mental psychosis of Bissonnette. The defense contractor, Atlantic Diving Supply, or ADS, has military supply and equipment contracts with SEAL Team 6, according to several former SEAL Team 6 operators, as well as other parts of the departments of Defense and Homeland Security. The kind of reporting we do is essential to democracy, but it is not easy, cheap, or profitable. Marine General James Hoss Cartwright has long been a trusted adviser to Barrack Obama, and according to insider Pentagon information is one of Obamas favorite advisers, whose judgment he trusts when making important decisions on national defense. The law notes that any service member who discloses classified or sensitive information can be prosecuted in a court of law, even if he is retired from the military (read here and here). 8. Rather than scaling back the scope of the bin Laden raid, in fact, it was Obama who ordered more choppers to go on the operation, according to Admiral Mike Mullen, then chairman of the Joint Chiefs of the Staff. Facebook gives people the. Bissonnette continues to hide his face and use the pseudonym "Mark Owen. But for some reason, pictures of bin Laden have been withheld on national security grounds. The question is: will he? Amy Derrickfrost would only say that an investigation into No Easy Day is still ongoing. Matt Bissonnette. /*-->*/ In the interview, Bissonnette also uses a model of the compound to flesh out his account, which reportedly differs from the Pentagon's version of what happened. 53 votes, 12 comments. Violators of our ethos are neither teammates in good standing, nor teammates who represent Naval Special Warfare. In a gimmicky move, it comes out Sept. 11. [3], Bissonnette continues to serve on the advisory board of the GWOT Memorial Foundation as well as advocating for transitioning veterans and helping raise money and awareness for multiple veteran-related charities. He is the brother of Joel Bissonnette, an actor. 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