Posted on 08/19/2016 3:19:14 PM PDT by Nero Germanicus
Edited on 08/19/2016 6:04:52 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Matt Bissonnette, a former member of Navy SEAL Team 6 who wrote an account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, agreed on Friday to forfeit $6.8 million in book royalties and speaking fees and apologized for failing to clear his disclosures with the Pentagon, according to federal court documents.
(Excerpt) Read more at pubx.co ...
Had he only donated half his money to the Clinton Foundation
he might still have the other half.
There are those who get rich off of our wars, but not the people who actually fight them. That just won’t do.
100%... great book but it pizzes me off that my money will now come out of his pocket and goto the gooberment!
He should wait until this sh**bag is out of office and then publish a 2nd edition.
Hey...Hillary also said she accepts responsibility (but there were no consequences.)
I personally didn’t put much stock in his account or book from the start. I doubt that it was Bin Laden that they killed at all. I think the whole raid was a publicity stunt and his account and book was to lend credence to the story.
He is a SEAL ... they all know Plan “A” never works, Plan “B” is a longshot ...
Lawyers cost $
My guess is that the Lawyer is already cashing checks from Plan “F” or Plan “G”
This guy will be alright in the end ... still needs to mend some fences though
Its been like that since the invention of war
100%!
Assassinated former Pakistani PM said OBL was dead decades ago. GWB then stopped hunting him down, like he hunted down Saddam Hussein in a cave !!!
Bingo! It either goes in to Barry's retirement fund or some muzzy pal of his in the Pentagon. Guarantee the US Treasury won't see it for very long.
A lot of people thought OBL died 2011 in Toro Boro cave b o m b i n g.
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