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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs this Navy Seal on 60mins legit?
If so, it shouldnt be too hard to find his real identity. He said the helicopter he was on, then called the CIA agent "wicked smart."
What part of the country uses the term "wicked"
If the CIA or pentagon can't find this person's identity, something is wrong
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)New England.
liberalmuse
(18,670 posts)"Wicked" is a common term in those parts.
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)South Boston and Dorchester, white folks, working class, heavily Irish, Roman Catholic...blue dog Dems. "wicked" spread from there.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)and the Navy will want to talk to him for not going over the vetting process.
Here from the CS Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/Books/chapter-and-verse/2012/0824/Navy-SEAL-author-s-identity-is-revealed
Here as to revealing secrets
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/04/pentagon-navy-seal-book-classified?newsfeed=true
So our boy might be in some legal hot water... and should be recalled and court. martialed
lob1
(3,820 posts)AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)russspeakeasy
(6,539 posts)him, so I haven't bothered to remember it .
sad sally
(2,627 posts)Fox News is likely to take some heat for publicizing the name of the Navy SEAL Team 6 member and anonymous author of the upcoming tell-all No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama bin Laden.
Thursday morning, the network published an article by Justin Fishel that, citing multiple sources, identifies the author (who goes by pseudonym Mark Owen) to be a 36-year-old recently retired Navy SEAL from Alaska who was one of the first men through the door of Osama bin Ladens Pakistan compound the night of that fateful raid.
http://www.mediaite.com/online/fox-news-outs-member-of-navy-seal-team-that-killed-osama-bin-laden/
and this
The book, "No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden," is set to hit shelves on Sept 11. It is penned under the pseudonym "Mark Owen," according to the publisher, but multiple sources told Fox News his name is in fact Matt Bissonnette, 36, of Wrangell, Alaska. Bissonnette could be exposing himself to legal trouble, as the Pentagon has not vetted the account.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/08/23/author-bin-laden-raid-insider-account-idd-could-face-legal-trouble/#ixzz261vkAxlW