Pentagon Escalates Case Against Navy SEAL Author

[Dos Equis]

If the guy improperly disclosed information he should be held accountable, but how hypocritical is this friggin administration??

Pentagon Escalates Case Against Navy SEAL Author
Thursday, 06 Sep 2012

The Pentagon has released new details about a secrecy agreement signed by a former Navy SEAL who wrote a book about his role in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, escalating its argument that the commando violated promises not to disclose classified information.

While declining to release the non-disclosure document signed by Matt Bissonnette, who used the pseudonym Mark Owen, a Defense Department spokesman shared with Reuters a secrecy agreement he said was identical to it.

Lt. Col. Todd Breasseale said Bissonnette violated his pledge simply by sharing the original manuscript of the book, "No Easy Day," with his publisher and a lawyer outside of government.

Breasseale said that the decision to seek a review of the manuscript for sensitive material by a "former special operations attorney" — which publisher Dutton has acknowledged — suggested Bissonnette had reason to believe it contained classified material.

Bissonnette and his attorney deny that "No Easy Day," released on Sept. 4, without pre-publication review by the government, contains classified information.

Bissonnette's attorney, Robert Luskin, declined to comment.

In an email, Breasseale said the former Navy SEAL's actions appear "to potentially violate his obligation not to disclose 'the contents of such preparation to any person not authorized to have access to SCI (Sensitive Compartmented Information) until I have received written authorization from the Department or Agency that last authorized my access to SCI that such disclosure was permitted.'"

The spokesman said he was was quoting from a standard Pentagon secrecy agreement which was "identical" to one which Bissonnette had signed.

Breasseale pointed to a paragraph in the secrecy agreement in which the signer acknowledges that the purpose of a pre-publication review was "to give the United States a reasonable opportunity to determine" if any manuscript contained any sensitive classified information.

He pointed to another paragraph in the agreement which said that if the person signing the agreement was "uncertain about the classification status of information" they were "required to confirm from an authorized official that the information is unclassified before I may disclose it."

The Pentagon on Tuesday for the first time said that the book, now at the top of Amazon's best-seller list, does contain classified information, without being more specific. It has announced it is considering legal action against the former SEAL.

"Through 'Mr. Owen's' own statements, he has already disclosed material at least to his attorney and his publisher — without prepublication review (purportedly in an effort to ascertain whether the text contained any classified information)," Breasseale said in the email.

The spokesman's statements appear intended to back up an Aug. 30 letter from Jeh Johnson, the Pentagon's top lawyer, to Bissonnette, via publisher Penguin Putnam, owner of the Dutton imprint.

In that letter, Johnson advised the former SEAL that the Pentagon had obtained and reviewed an early copy of his book and concluded that he was in "material breach and violation of the non-disclosure agreements you have signed."

Johnson's letter included copies of what it said were two such agreements. Breasseale said one of those documents was identical to the blank secrecy agreement that he made available to Reuters.

It is unclear whether Bissonnette signed any further non-disclosure agreements.

In a response to Johnson's letter, Luskin, a prominent Washington defense attorney, wrote that the non-disclosure agreement which the Pentagon lawyer attached to his Aug. 30 letter "invites, but by no means requires, Mr. Owen to submit materials for pre-publication review."

Dutton said the review by the "former special operations attorney" concluded the contents of "No Easy Day" were "without risk to national security." The publisher has not released further details regarding who reviewed the manuscript.

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/seal-author-pentagon-secrets/2012/09/06/id/451042

[Vince G, CSN MFT]

If the guy improperly disclosed information he should be held accountable, but how hypocritical is this friggin administration??

Pentagon Escalates Case Against Navy SEAL Author
Thursday, 06 Sep 2012

The Pentagon has released new details about a secrecy agreement signed by a former Navy SEAL who wrote a book about his role in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, escalating its argument that the commando violated promises not to disclose classified information.

While declining to release the non-disclosure document signed by Matt Bissonnette, who used the pseudonym Mark Owen, a Defense Department spokesman shared with Reuters a secrecy agreement he said was identical to it.

Lt. Col. Todd Breasseale said Bissonnette violated his pledge simply by sharing the original manuscript of the book, "No Easy Day," with his publisher and a lawyer outside of government.

Breasseale said that the decision to seek a review of the manuscript for sensitive material by a "former special operations attorney" — which publisher Dutton has acknowledged — suggested Bissonnette had reason to believe it contained classified material.

Bissonnette and his attorney deny that "No Easy Day," released on Sept. 4, without pre-publication review by the government, contains classified information.

Bissonnette's attorney, Robert Luskin, declined to comment.

In an email, Breasseale said the former Navy SEAL's actions appear "to potentially violate his obligation not to disclose 'the contents of such preparation to any person not authorized to have access to SCI (Sensitive Compartmented Information) until I have received written authorization from the Department or Agency that last authorized my access to SCI that such disclosure was permitted.'"

The spokesman said he was was quoting from a standard Pentagon secrecy agreement which was "identical" to one which Bissonnette had signed.

Breasseale pointed to a paragraph in the secrecy agreement in which the signer acknowledges that the purpose of a pre-publication review was "to give the United States a reasonable opportunity to determine" if any manuscript contained any sensitive classified information.

He pointed to another paragraph in the agreement which said that if the person signing the agreement was "uncertain about the classification status of information" they were "required to confirm from an authorized official that the information is unclassified before I may disclose it."

The Pentagon on Tuesday for the first time said that the book, now at the top of Amazon's best-seller list, does contain classified information, without being more specific. It has announced it is considering legal action against the former SEAL.

"Through 'Mr. Owen's' own statements, he has already disclosed material at least to his attorney and his publisher — without prepublication review (purportedly in an effort to ascertain whether the text contained any classified information)," Breasseale said in the email.

The spokesman's statements appear intended to back up an Aug. 30 letter from Jeh Johnson, the Pentagon's top lawyer, to Bissonnette, via publisher Penguin Putnam, owner of the Dutton imprint.

In that letter, Johnson advised the former SEAL that the Pentagon had obtained and reviewed an early copy of his book and concluded that he was in "material breach and violation of the non-disclosure agreements you have signed."

Johnson's letter included copies of what it said were two such agreements. Breasseale said one of those documents was identical to the blank secrecy agreement that he made available to Reuters.

It is unclear whether Bissonnette signed any further non-disclosure agreements.

In a response to Johnson's letter, Luskin, a prominent Washington defense attorney, wrote that the non-disclosure agreement which the Pentagon lawyer attached to his Aug. 30 letter "invites, but by no means requires, Mr. Owen to submit materials for pre-publication review."

Dutton said the review by the "former special operations attorney" concluded the contents of "No Easy Day" were "without risk to national security." The publisher has not released further details regarding who reviewed the manuscript.

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/seal-author-pentagon-secrets/2012/09/06/id/451042

SEALS have to be AND ARE BETTER THAN the administration which is why he needs to be prosecuted as he has dishonored the code of the Navy SEALS.  If he had a problem with that then he should have given back his trident.   

[Kazan]

And what exactly do you know about being a SEAL?

[a_ahmed]

lol released september 6th? September 11th around the corner.

Easy profit and easy marketting scheme. Benefits the 'seal' and benefits and reinforces the government myth.

Elections around the corner? WOW more profit for government! More profit for seal! Win win situation

Only the weak minded will fall for this crap.









Oh and newsmax.com?!?!?! neo-con heaven? lol

Also very hilarious that right in the article there is this line in bold red and blue:

Special: Get Mark Owen's "No Easy Day" SEAL book for just $4.95 — Save $22. This incredible offer won't last long. Go Here Now.

Worthless crappage

[Shockwave]

SEALS have to be AND ARE BETTER THAN the administration which is why he needs to be prosecuted as he has dishonored the code of the Navy SEALS.  If he had a problem with that then he should have given back his trident.   

I mostly agree with this, he had to have known what was coming.... Im pretty suprised a member of DEVGRU would even do such a thing...

[Soul Crusher]

That Muslim fuck in the wh is upst the truth is coming out

[a_ahmed]

The american myth

[Dos Equis]

Ex-Navy SEAL to pay feds $6.6 million to settle suit over book on bin Laden raid
Published August 20, 2016 
Associated Press

WASHINGTON –  The former Navy SEAL who wrote a book about his role in the raid that killed Usama bin Laden will pay the government more than $6.6 million for violating non-disclosure agreements and publishing without getting the document cleared by the Defense Department, according to federal court documents.

Matt Bissonnette, who wrote "No Easy Day" under the pseudonym Mark Owen, will give the U.S. government all profits and royalties from the book or movie rights. The proceeds already total more than $6.6 million. He will have four years to pay the bulk of that.

The payments were outlined in settlement documents filed in U.S. District Court in Virginia.

According to the settlement, Bissonnette also has 30 days to pay $100,000 from the proceeds of presentations he gave using slides that were not approved by the department.

The book triggered a Justice Department probe, including claims it contained classified material. Bissonnette had signed non-disclosure agreements during his service as a SEAL, and he took part in a number of highly secret operations including the bin Laden raid.

Under the agreement, Bissonnette said he would acknowledge he made a mistake by failing to submit the book for pre-publication review. And in exchange for the payments, the U.S. government has dismissed other liability claims.

Justice Department spokeswoman Nicole Navas said the agreement doesn't discredit Bissonnette's military service, but reinforces that service members comply with the non-disclosure documents they sign.

Bissonnette has written a follow-up — also under the name Owen — detailing his journey as a member of SEAL Team Six. That book, "No Hero: the Evolution of a Navy SEAL," did go through the proper channels and a few sections were redacted.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/08/20/ex-navy-seal-to-pay-feds-6-6-million-to-settle-suit-over-book-on-bin-laden-raid.html

[Soul Crusher]

Yet Hillary nothing at all. 

[240 is Back]

Yet Hillary nothing at all. 

inept prosecution.   gowdy and friends couldn't make anything stick.  same way Issa couldn't make anything stick to Obama.

If these fckwads spent as much time building a case, as they did on FOX news talking about how much money they're raising off the way they're using the case to hurt hilary's numbers, we might see some dems in prison.

[Coach is Back!]

inept prosecution.   gowdy and friends couldn't make anything stick.  same way Issa couldn't make anything stick to Obama.

If these fckwads spent as much time building a case, as they did on FOX news talking about how much money they're raising off the way they're using the case to hurt hilary's numbers, we might see some dems in prison.

That's BS and you know it. It all stuck and only the ones that think this administration and Killary are honest in anyway shape or form think otherwise. How about another private meeting on a private jet with Loretta Lynch. Oh that's right. They were just talking golf and grandkids. You have proof coming out daily and you still want to make the case that "Gowdy couldn't make it stick". What a bunch of dishonest crap from this administration and you actually believing it.