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
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 23 2016, @09:02AM
Have you even looked through the 15k new emails that were discovered?
We're really really super sure this time that we gave over all the documents the court asked for, promise.