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Bin Laden Raid Bestseller's Author to Pay $7m for Violating NDA

posted by takyon on Monday August 22 2016, @11:35AM   Printer-friendly
from the shhhhh dept.

n1 writes:

A former US Navy Seal who wrote a bestseller about his role in the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden is to pay nearly $7m (£5m) to the government for violating non-disclosure agreements.

Matt Bissonette failed to get clearance from the Pentagon before the book No Easy Day was published in 2012.

He has agreed to forfeit all profits and royalties, as well as film rights and speaking fees.

In exchange, the government will dismiss other liability claims.

Source: BBC News

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 22 2016, @06:30PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 22 2016, @06:30PM (#391784)

    There are at least two avenues in this matter for indicting Hillary Clinton on criminal charges:

    1. "extremely careless [youtube.com]" is synonymous with "gross negligence [cornell.edu]", which when it comes to the handling of classified data by clearance holders, is a federal crime.
    2. Falure to report the mishandling of classified data is a federal crime for clearance holders. [cornell.edu]

    Assuming Comey isn't a crook himself, he presumably didn't want to end up like Vince Foster: "killed himself" with two shots to the neck/head without a gun being anywhere around the site where his body was found.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 22 2016, @06:36PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 22 2016, @06:36PM (#391789)

    > Vince Foster

    I think that's all the confirmation anyone needs that you are operating under witch-hunt logic.
    And I can't argue with that logic!

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 22 2016, @06:41PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 22 2016, @06:41PM (#391800)

      Naturally you can't argue with facts and the truth - the truth wins out over lies when both are exposed to scrutiny and the lies break down.

      Of course, what difference at this point does it make?