The circumstances of the killing of Osama bin Laden are still in the dark.The U.S. government is stingy with information.Unlike an anonymous witness, who in a book promised explosive details.Now his identity is revealed clearly. U.S. media are the authors of a book about the killing of terrorist leaders Osama bin Laden exposed, thus triggering a security debate.The conservative Fox News had reported on Thursday, 2 behind the code name of the eyewitness in the use on May 2011 in Pakistan who hides a 36 year old soldier in the U.S. Special Forces Navy Seals.He was from Alaska.The transmitter published names and photos of soldiers in riot gear on his website.Pentagon was concerned, the CNN quoted on Friday a spokesman for the Defense Ministry.The unmasking of the authors who had written his tell-all book under the pseudonym "Mark Owen" endangering his safety and that of his comrades on the application involved.The author had Seals and other endangered by the unauthorized action itself, Fox News quoted a spokesman for the Special Forces, Colonel Tim Nye."He should have known where that leads."
"A first-hand account"
The book is on 11September 2013 appear. It is titled "No Easy Day: The First Hand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama bin Laden", in German: "Not an easy day: a firsthand account of the use, in which Osama bin Laden was killed." What are the consequences The Navy Seal now threatens is still unclear.According to the U.S. government was Osama bin Laden in the early morning of the 2ndMay been shot and killed in 2011 by special units of the Navy Seals at his house in Abbottabad.In addition to the former Al-Qaeda chief four others were killed.It is unclear, for example, whether bin Laden was unarmed and that there was a firefight.The role played by the unmasked author in the use is not yet known. The publisher, Dutton, who have planned a first printing of 300,000 copies, the author presents as a former leader of one of the teams involved in the operation in Pakistan. He was one of the first to discover Osama bin Laden on the third floor of his house and was even present at the death of the terrorist leader.
No comment from the White House
On Thursday, the U.S. television network Fox News has revealed that she believes to be the identity of the former military. It would be 36 years old and from Alaska. The man allegedly participated in thirteen deployments worldwide fight against terrorism. A Pentagon official said that this information, if confirmed, was "worrisome", stressing that anyone with this name could be put in danger. But thanks to this revelation, the government may need to prosecute the offender. Indeed, the U.S. military issued a ban without written read by the military authorities to ensure it does not affect national security. "It has not been submitted for review before publication," said a spokesman for the CIA, Preston Golson. A Pentagon spokesman, Lt. Col. Jim Gregory, has ensured that proceedings could be initiated in accordance with the degree of confidentiality of information disclosed. The White House has refrained from comment. "The book was edited by a former lawyer special forces," said the editor, who states that "there was no risk to national security." All names of soldiers quoted in the book have been changed "for their safety." The content of the book is not yet known but the country's political leaders are already alert to the consequences that certain revelations might have on the course of the presidential campaign. The operation against Osama bin Laden is often presented as a successful presidency of Barack Obama . But critics could darken this episode. Instead, praise supported too would be perceived by Republicans as a communication operation for electoral purposes in favor of the incumbent.
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