The Pentagon on Thursday threatened legal action against the former Navy SEAL who has written a book recounting his role in the May 2011 raid that killed Al Qaida chief Osama Bin Laden.
Just days before the release of the first-hand account of the operation on Pakistani soil, the Pentagon’s top lawyer, Jeh Johnson, told the author he had broken his promise to abide by a strict non-disclosure agreement signed before he retired from the military this year.
“In the judgment of the Department of Defense, you are in material breach and violation of the non-disclosure agreements you signed” and the Pentagon is considering “all remedies legally available,” Johnson said in a letter to the author, who writes under the pseudonym Mark Owen.
The former Navy commando’s book “No Easy Day” is due to be released next week but has already sparked a wave of publicity and controversy.
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