New e-Book Says Navy Seal Wrote "No Easy Day" Book After a Slight

Matt Bissonnette, who wrote about the military operation to assassinate Osama bin Laden in the book, “No Easy Day,” broke the commando "code of silence” because of “bad blood” with his former unit, according to a new e-book written by other Special Operations veterans. Mr. Bissonnette was a former member of the elite SEAL Team 6, was the object of retaliation and "effectively pushed out of SEAL Team 6 after he expressed interest last year in leaving the Navy and starting a business," reported The New York Times. Mr. Bissonnette's book has triggered a legal backlash from the Pentagon, which has threatened to take legal action against Mr. Bissonnette for writing "No Easy Day."

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Pentagon Letter to Penguin Putnam regarding Bin Ladin Navy Seal Book

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Eric Holder, Obama Administration Shred U.S. Constitution ; Say Assassination Of American Citizens Is O.K. Without Due Process

Twisted Interpretation Of U.S. Law May Allow Killings of American Citizens, Attorney General Eric Holder Says

From The New York Times :

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. asserted on Monday that it is lawful for the government to kill American citizens if officials deem them to be operational leaders of Al Qaeda who are planning attacks on the United States and if capturing them alive is not feasible.

“Given the nature of how terrorists act and where they tend to hide, it may not always be feasible to capture a United States citizen terrorist who presents an imminent threat of violent attack,” Mr. Holder said in a speech at Northwestern University’s law school. “In that case, our government has the clear authority to defend the United States with lethal force.”

While Mr. Holder is not the first administration official to address the targeted killing of citizens — the Pentagon’s general counsel, Jeh Johnson, did so last month at Yale Law School, for example — it was notable for the nation’s top law enforcement official to declare that it is constitutional for the government to kill citizens without any judicial review under certain circumstances. Mr. Holder’s remarks about the targeted killing of United States citizens were a centerpiece of a speech describing legal principles behind the Obama administration’s counterterrorism policies. ...