Classified information in the book on Bin Laden

A former Navy Seal tells the raid against Osama bin Laden in Pakistan in May 2011 in a book published Tuesday. The Pentagon said Tuesday that the book written by a former Navy Seal on the raid against Osama bin Laden in Pakistan in May 2011 contained sensitive and classified information that could justify a lawsuit against the author. "We believe that this book contains classified information" , said Pentagon spokesman George Little, while the book, "Not an easy day" , was released on Tuesday across the country. Thursday evening, the chief lawyer of the Department of Defense had issued a warning to the author, noting that he had violated an agreement of non-disclosure signed when he was in active service. But so far, Pentagon officials had not ruled on whether the book actually contained classified information secret. Mr. Little said Tuesday that the department was in the process of reviewing all possible legal consequences. "There are many possibilities, but I do not intend to go into details." The spokesman reiterated that the author of the book should have submitted his book before its publication in the Pentagon, which was"common sense." Friday, the lawyer of the former Navy Seal was assured that his client had not violated any confidentiality clause binding the Pentagon. The author, who wrote "Not an easy day" under the pseudonym Mark Owen, is one of the special forces of the U.S. Navy who eliminated the leader of Al-Qaeda on 1 May 2011 in Abbottabad Pakistan. U.S. media have identified this former soldier who actually called Matt Bissonnette. In his book, he describes his role in the operation that eliminated the head of al-Qaeda and the U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan during his 14 years as a Navy Seal. If excerpts from the book that were leaked to the press before its release contain no startling revelations, some elements contradict details unveiled last year by the authorities on the death of Bin Laden.