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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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Bin Laden Raid Bestseller's Author to Pay $7m for Violating NDA
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(Score: 2) by gidds on Wednesday August 24 2016, @12:29PM
Could anyone explain to this non-American what all the fuss is over these supposed emails?
From the outside, it looks like the sort of pointless criticism they fall back on when they can't find anything substantial.
I could see why people might disagree with Hillary's politics, with the people she chooses to appoint, with her potential conflicts of interest, with what she's likely to do if she gets into power, and especially with what the practical effects might be on ordinary people (which is really what people should be basing their vote on). But to concentrate on something so apparently petty and inconsequential seems little more than childish name-calling.
In fact, it seems directly comparable to all the claims that Obama's ineligible for President because of where he was born (or some such). (The main difference being that, AIUI, those claims have been disproved many times, while the email issue seems less clear-cut.)
Do people seriously think that by harping on about these emails, that fewer people will vote for her? Or is it just an (ineffectual) way of venting their frustrations with her party affiliation or other qualities?
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