No Easy Day: 5 revelations from a Navy SEAL's bin Laden book

Journalists get a sneak peek at a firsthand account of the killing of the al Qaeda mastermind, and dish on details of the raid and the SEALs' opinion of Obama

A U.S. Navy SEAL is seen demonstrating combat skills at the UDT-SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce, Florida.
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Former Navy SEAL Matt Bissonnette's firsthand account of the 2011 raid on Osama bin Laden's hideout won't hit bookstores until Sept. 4, but The Associated Press and The Huffington Post have obtained copies in advance — and revealed some juicy details. Bissonnette, who wrote No Easy Day under the pseudonym "Mark Owen" before being swiftly unmasked by Fox News, contradicts some aspects of the White House's account of how bin Laden was killed, and dishes on how he and his former SEAL Team 6 comrades really feel about President Obama. Here, five revelations from the early reports on Bissonnette's book:

1. An unarmed bin Laden was shot instantly...

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