August 19, 2016, 1:17 PM. Conservative Muslims worldwide called for his death in the same manner that Christian terrorists such as Anders Behring Breivik (Norway) who savagely murdered 76 Norwegianthe majority of whom were teenagers, ScottLively (California) Abiding Truth Ministries that has no Biblical basis and calls for mass genocidewho bought an on-line JD (Doctor of Law) and studied theology on the internet, racist Congressional Representatives Steven King (R-Iowa, watch video), Peter King (R-New York), Todd Akin (R-Missouri), Michele Bachmann (R-Minnesota)and others (such as the perpetually inaccurate and heated fabrications of the internet newsletter Act! He's the Navy SEAL who wrote a first-hand account of the raid that killed bin Laden. Violators of our ethos are neither teammates in good standing, nor teammates who represent Naval Special Warfare. Consider what the world of media would look like without The Intercept. The Navy discovered Bissonnette organized a group of fellow SEAL Team 6 operators to consult for the video game Medal of Honor: Warfighter, and participated in the filming of promotional videos for the game in 2012, according to multiple former SEALs. Mr. Bissonnette, who authored a best-selling book on the raid, No Easy Day, had been the subject of a Department of Justice probe launched in the wake of allegations he had unlawfully possessed classified material, The Intercept reported on Monday. Matt Bissonnette, 36, of Wrangell, Alaska, is the USA Navy SEAL who compromised the security of thenation by publishing his tell-all history on the assassination of Usama bin Laden. 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 . This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same . The question is: will he? Reagans covert deal to win the White House. Bissonnette enlisted four teammates to join Element Group as consultants, according to several former members of SEAL Team 6. Hes from the Middle of Nowhere 7 posts. He was one of the first men in the room where bin Laden died, witnessing the occurrence first-hand. Who Loves the Sun: Directed by Matt Bissonnette. He also founded and edits Duffel Blog, an influential satirical newsletter for the military. Although he was previously identified by Fox News, "60 Minutes" producers decided not use his real name in Sunday's interview. Copyright 2020 MattBissonette.com. The couple shares a son, William Strummer Bissonette who was born on October 13, 2006, in Los . I am certainly sharing this essay out to my friends and groups on facebook. 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). Matt Bissonnette (director), Canadian film director and screenwriter. ST LOUIS (LALATE) - Matt Bissonnette photos of the Navy Seal book author "Mark Owen" have been released. All Rights Reserved. (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.) Moms for Liberty in Florida are really stupid and hate filled, ALEC American Legislative Exchange Council, an Associate Professor at Rutgers University, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons), Dick Farrel (real name: Farrel Austin Levitt, Dr. Desmar Walkes Austin-Travis County Health Authority, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Flag of the Confederate States of America, Jennifer Pritzker (Tennessee billionaire), Memorial for Peace and Justice at Montgomery, Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), Texas Department of State Health Services, The Foundation for a Christian Civilization (FCC), white chiristian conservative evangelicals, transform the USA into a one-party nation. 10. 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. John Hudson. This ultimately led the publisher to release the book on 4 September, a week earlier than the originally planned 11 September release date. Live performance. .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Bissonnette held the rank of chief in the elite Navy SEAL Team 6 prior to retiring. Matt Bissonnette, 36, of Wrangell, Alaska, is the USA Navy SEAL who compromised the security of the nation by publishing his tell-all history on the assassination of Usama bin Laden. Members of Yes, We're Sweeping Together celebrate their league playoff win last weekend after defeating the 40 oz. In his torrid specious tome, Bissonnette ridicules and insultsVice President Joe Biden whom the author claims is likesomeones drunken uncle at Christmas dinner. Bissonnette admits he met Biden after the raid at the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment headquarters. 7. Matthew Bissonnette . Ahead of the publication of his latest book, the current head of all Navy SEALs, Rear Adm. Brian Losey, repeated that sentiment in a letter (PDF) to the community that seemed timed for Bissonnettes 60 Minutes appearance this weekendand the advertised appearance of a SEAL who calls himself The Shooter who is slated to appear talking about the raid on Fox News later this month. Matt Bissonnette doesn't appear at all in this telling. Bissonnette was the militarys Abraham and his fellow SEALs the Jacob and Ishmael of legend and Genesis. The book was written by former SEAL Team Six member . Pentagon spokesman Navy Cmdr. Bissonnette made himself the sole grody god over USA policy. The problem in the USA is the idea that all Muslims (the largest percentage and number being in Indonesia) are African (there are in increasing cases native-born Swedes and Finns who are Muslim, and they are the typical blonde-hair, blue-eyed, hairless-bodies Aryans [the word actually details northern tribes of India that have none of those attributes], or Jews (a religion, not a race as Sammy Davis Jr. was Black, Mae Britt is caucasian, etc, and are found from China to South America). Matt Bissonette (musician) (born 1961), American rock musician. 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. Element Group, for example, designed prototypes for sleeping bags and a tent system that would be sold commercially. Investigators have sought to understand if Bissonnettes role at SEAL Team 6 as a liaison for the command to suppliers of technology and equipment might have been influenced by his business contracts, according to the two people familiar with the probe. According to several former SEAL Team 6 operators, he was once described by his commanding officer as the model for naval commandos: smart, discriminating, and lethal. NCIS does not discuss the details of ongoing investigations, Buice said. "I think the story needs to be told," he says. U.S. officials are still considering prosecuting him under criminal charges for allegedly purposefully avoiding a security review and revealing classified information. Learn how your comment data is processed. Bissonnettes goal was self-glorification and makes no pretense that he went into Pakistan to assassinate, in cold-blood (similar to the Saudis cold-blooded destruction of the World Trade Center and wrongful loss of life where I lost family and friends) bin Laden the author of numerous atrocities. Matt Bissonette, the first SEAL on the raid to come forward publicly, turned over a hard drive to the Navy in Jan. 2016 that contained the classified photo of bin Laden's body to avoid prosecution . He considered himself wiser than the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Commander-in-Chief. Act of Valor went on to gross $70 million, or roughly 70,000 times the monthly disability payment to a seriously wounded SEAL. We may know a little more about why former Navy SEAL author Matt Bisonnette rushed to publish his memoirNo Easy Daybefore receiving Pentagon approval: to get his book out before Mark . A FORMER NAVY SEAL who shot Osama bin Laden and wrote a bestselling book about the raid is now the subject of a widening federal criminal . Bissonnette, under the nom de plume says that one of his SEAL teammates shot bin Laden as soon as he poked his head out the door of his bedroom, not, as was previously reported, after the SEALs had entered the bedroom. [10], A few months before coming to National attention, Bissonnette sold his family's Virginia Beach home and quietly left town. 010324-F-1129S-009\nSAN Diego, Calif. (Mar. Former teammate Matt Bissonnette published the initial first-person account about the raid, "No Easy Day," using the pen name Mark Owen and . Robert O'Neill called on American political leaders to do so during an interview with El Mundo published last week. Curls. [9][7], The book was published by Dutton Penguin and went on sale 4 September 2012. The proceeds already total more than . In fact, many more than three shots were fired, $30,000 went missing and the integrity of the SEALs was questioned. Who would hold party elites accountable to the values they proclaim to have? In the early- to mid-1980s, he toured and recorded with jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson.For part of his time in the Ferguson band, he played alongside his brother Gregg, which the brothers . 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. repeated that sentiment in a letter (PDF). Contributed photo. IBT Fast Start - Let the best of International News come to you. 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. 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 . Bissonnette first learned of the possible bin Laden raid from a landscape guy he shared with his boss. Andrew Blake can be reached at ablake@washingtontimes.com. Bissonnettes lawyer (Robert D. Luskin) worked for Karl Rove when Rove was under investigation for leaking the name of Valerie Plame Wilson, a former undercover operative for the C.I.A. The encounter with bin Laden takes about 15 seconds, and only two men, O'Neill and the point man, are in the room. EXCLUSIVE - SEALS AT WAR: Fellow warriors brand Rob O'Neill a LIAR after he claims he was the shooter who fired three bullets into Bin Laden's head. Bissonnetes pseudo-autobiography under fake-name of Mark Owens (September 04, 2012). Hes Not Happy with President Obama The DoD claims the book contains classified information, which the book's publisher and Bissonnette deny. The possibility of a similar debacle was a serious concern of Gates. Matthew Bissonnette, a former Navy SEAL involved in the 2011 raid that killed Osama Bin Laden, kept a photo of the slain Al Qaeda leaders corpse on a hard-drive that he has since surrendered to federal investigators, multiple sources familiar with the matter told The Intercept. His attorney, Robert D. Luskin . On LibraryThing: AFI on LibraryThing.com GE, and other conglomerates? Matt Bissonnettewho landed in hot water over his best-seller . Lynnde England was convicted on six of the seven criminal counts in the Abu Ghraib prison abuse. Seal Team 6 is scary because it has the ability to work outside of both U.S. and international law. O'Neill and Matt Bissonnette, wrote books and did interviews in which . "[15][16] He is also an executive producer on the TV show SEAL Team. Bissonette plans on taking all the proceeds from the book and donating it to the family of fallen SEALs. On AbeBooks: AFI on AbeBooks, September 6, 2012 / Every SEAL I know read a book and thats why they became a SEAL. But now, Bissonnette has been ordered to forfeit the $6.8 million that he earned in book royalties and associated financial gains from various speaking engagements. He wants you to know thats a mistake he did not repeat with his new book, No Hero. The pattern of politics of assassination for oil profits was especially high under George W. Bush. Joining is simple and doesnt need to cost a lot: You can become a sustaining member for as little as $3 or $5 a month. 4. Curling season draws to exciting close. It includes more detail about his humble Alaskan roots and how he was inspired to become a SEAL after reading Rogue Warrior, by Vietnam veteran and SEAL Team 6 founder Richard Dick Marcinkowho was also shunned by many in his community for writing a book. He was a self-appointed self-righteous judge, jury and executioner, more in keeping with Machiavellis Il Principe that with the Constitution of the USA. The book chronicles his life and military service, but mostly is about his involvement with Operation Neptune Spear. In the past the US Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the Pentagon when an unauthorized book by a military member was published even without exposing confidential or classified information as was the case with retired CIA agent Frank Snepp published a book (Decent. Johnson notified Bissonnette, Karl Rove at Congressional investigation on CIA leak. SEALs in Vietnam, Panama, Iraq were writing books, Bissonnette said So I dont buy it when the old crusty dudes say Nobody should be talking. Matt Bissonette, the first SEAL on the raid to come forward publicly, turned over a hard drive to the Navy in Jan. 2016 that contained the classified photo of bin Laden's body to avoid prosecution for unlawfully possessing classified material, according to The Intercept. 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. The Navy captain responded to the text from Bissonnette with the words, Delete me.. I will not buy or read this book. 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. The Navy SEAL Foundation, one of the charities mentioned, has said it will not accept any donations generated by the book. Bissonnette believes it was some of his own former teammates who revealed his real name to Fox News, which first reported it after the release of No Easy Day. We dont have ads, so we depend on our members 35,000 and counting to help us hold the powerful to account. He holds Canadian citizenship and maintains a Caucasian ethnicity. DEVGRU is awesome because it is one of four counter terrorism/special mission units in the military and is so covert that most of the details and techniques of Seal Team 6 are not even commented on by the White House or DOD. On Barnes & Noble: AFI on BN.com What the Snowden Files Say About the Osama Bin Laden Raid, The CIA and the Myths of the Bin Laden Raid, How Makers of Zero Dark Thirty Seduced CIA with Fake Earrings. Element Group, a Virginia Beach-based consulting firm that was started by Mr. Bissonnette, cut deals with at least one Department of Defense contractor that provided equipment to SEAL Team 6, several former members of the group told The Intercept. Bissonnette will keep the money from No Herothough he intends to give the lions share of the royalties from No Easy Day to charity after paying his legal bills. Bissonnettes action constituted an illegal military coup against the USA in his desire to punish other SEALs and work outside of the official military channels. Playoff win. From left are Steven Ebuna, Ryan McNamee, Matt Duncan and Craig Bissonnette. Photos of bin Laden's body have been a closely guarded secret since they were taken after the raid on the Al Qaeda leader's compound in Pakistan on May 2, 2011. With Lukas Haas, Molly Parker, Adam Scott, R.H. Thomson. 6. [CDATA[/* >