US threatens legal action over SEAL's bin Laden book
- Published: 31 Aug 2012 at 09.48
- Online news: World
The Pentagon threatened legal action against the former Navy SEAL who has written a book recounting his role in the May 2011 raid that killed Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.
A T-shirt featuring al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is shown on sale at a souvenir stand near the White House in Washington DC six days after he was killed by US Navy Seals in Pakistan in May 2011. The Pentagon threatened legal action against the former Navy SEAL who has written a book recounting his role in the May 2011 raid that killed bin Laden.
Just days before the release of the first-hand account of the operation on Pakistani soil, the Pentagon's top lawyer, Jeh Johnson, told the author he had broken his promise to abide by a strict non-disclosure agreement signed before he retired from the military this year.
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