well the DoD outed him today, they just reported it.

John

 

Yep. Looks like the military did it's own stabbing. Fox is just the messenger boy.

 

Um, am I reading this wrong? FOX outed him and the DOD confirmed according to this...

At midday Thursday, Fox News identified him as Matt Bissonnette, a 36-year-old originally from Alaska, and hours later Defense Department and military officials confirmed his identity.

 

Seems to me the dude outed himself by writing a damn book. He had no business doing that.

 

Um, am I reading this wrong? FOX outed him and the DOD confirmed according to this...

At midday Thursday, Fox News identified him as Matt Bissonnette, a 36-year-old originally from Alaska, and hours later Defense Department and military officials confirmed his identity.

That's what it sounded like to me.

 

Seems to me the dude outed himself by writing a damn book. He had no business doing that.

Maybe. I'm damn sure going to read it though.

 

Seems to me the dude outed himself by writing a damn book. He had no business doing that.

Bingo Greengo.

 

Momey

Seems to me the dude outed himself by writing a damn book. He had no business doing that.

Money, its going to be a very lucrative book and make millions for the first one to write and publish the book.

 

Apparently, folks in the SpecOps community aren't happy with this guy:

From Blackfive:

UPDATE: His name is out, but that is not important unless you are him I guess. There have been a number of misconceptions in the comments about why I think this guy is a jackass. Here is my response.

OK let me be clear. Heh.
I have not said that this guy wrote anything in the book that is inappropriate or violates OPSEC or anything else. My point is that simply writing an insiders tale of the raid is wrong, at least this soon. And it obviously makes it damn near impossible to hold the WH responsible for the numerous breaches of actual security they have committed.
As to the idea that he wrote it to clear up misconceptions, that is unnecessary. Nothing about the raid is really reflecting badly in anyone, other than the end zone dancing. It is unlikely he somehow has advance knowledge that the movie is going to paint the SEALs in a bad light (which is even more highly unlikely). So we are back to a guy deciding to tell a tale when the deal is we tell no tales. That is a blue falcon move because if one guy tells tales, why should anyone else keep quiet.​

One of the SEALs from the bin Laden raid has apparently written a book about the operation.

The book, titled "No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama bin Laden," was written by a former SEAL team leader who the publisher said was "one of the first men through the door on the third floor of the terrorist leader's hideout."

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He uses a pseudonym, but I know his name and it will likely come out shortly. The bottom line is that doing this makes you a douche of epic proportions. There was whining about how former operators were pointing out that leaks about classified ops were hurting our security. They were called unprofessional, which was unfair. They were not giving out info, they were saying that the giving out of info was a dangerous thing This jackass is going to spill the details of the raid so he can cash in.

Dear Loser,
Enjoy the money, you are now dead to all the rest of us.

Cordially,
(Mostly) Everyone else from the Special Ops community

 

Hell, Cheney outs CIA agents and no one cares?

 

And from the comments of the Blackfive article, their own active SEAL, Froggy, gives some perspective:

Everybody is very upset about this right now. I have long been opposed to Trident pimping and yet guys out there have had some interesting things to write about that probably make positive contributions to history and so forth, but lately everybody is cashing in left and right and this thing is I think going to be the last straw.I have the utmost respect for the guys at 6 and many, many friends who served or are serving there, but they are not gods. They are not above the law or the code, and this is a clear violation:
I do not advertise the nature of my work, nor seek recognition for my actions. I voluntarily accept the inherent hazards of my profession, placing the welfare and security of others before my own... Brave men have fought and died building the proud tradition and feared reputation that I am bound to uphold. In the worst of conditions, the legacy of my teammates steadies my resolve and silently guides my every deed. I will not fail.
This is an EPIC FAIL, Matt. There is absolute uniformity of opinion in NSW on this issue right now, and there are several FB groups discussing this without dissension.
This kind of shit DOES negatively impact the legacy of the Teams.

Seems like this guy has made his own bed...time to lay in it.

 

Seems to me the dude outed himself by writing a damn book. He had no business doing that.

Bingo!

 

Hopefully his family doesnt suffer from his mistake, but thats unlikely.

 

Big deal over nothing. If a "Muslim" type enters into this man's domain with intent he's dead just like bin Laden. Apparantly this Seal is not afraid of being ID'd.

 

Seems to me the dude outed himself by writing a damn book. He had no business doing that.

Ding ding ding!!!!

Gotta say, he's responsible for anything that comes his way, for better or worse. Hopefully he doesn't have to worry about retribution from Osama loyalists.

 

Was his real name used in the printing of the book? Or was it a ghost writers name? If the later, then yes, they should not of outed him.

 

The author would have to know that his name was going to eventually come out and that he would be PNG'ed by that community. Iirc the same thing happened when Haney wrote "Inside Delta Force"

 

The author would have to know that his name was going to eventually come out and that he would be PNG'ed by that community. Iirc the same thing happened when Haney wrote "Inside Delta Force"

I'm probably not the only one who doesn't know, what does "PNG'ed" mean?
Thanks.

 

I think he is in deep. http://news.yahoo.com/ex-navy-seal-behind-bin-laden-book-faces-013612266.html

 

I'm probably not the only one who doesn't know, what does "PNG'ed" mean?
Thanks.

In non-diplomatic usage, referring to someone as persona non grata is to say that he or she is ostracized. Such a person is for all intents and purposes culturally banished, so as to be figuratively nonexistent.

 

sorry duplicate should have finished all comments before typing

 

The author would have to know that his name was going to eventually come out and that he would be PNG'ed by that community. Iirc the same thing happened when Haney wrote "Inside Delta Force"

My wife and I are friends with an ex member of the Delta force team Haney was on and your are right, Haney is not welcome at their yearly reunions.

The Seal that wrote the book has sure invited a shit storm in his life that could have been avoided.