The many threats facing the Navy SEALs' tell-all author: A guide

Now that Matthew Bissonnette has been IDed as one of the commandos who killed Osama bin Laden, revenge-seeking jihadists are eagerly calling for his death

No Easy Day
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An al Qaeda-linked website has posted a call for the killing of Matthew Bissonnette, the retired Navy SEAL Team 6 member who wrote a book about his role in the mission that killed Osama bin Laden. Bissonnette wrote under a pseudonym, but was identified last week by Fox News. And the possibility that terrorists might come after him is just one of his worries when No Easy Day, his firsthand account of the raid on bin Laden's Pakistan hideout, hits shelves on Sept. 11. Here, a guide to Bissonnette's rough road ahead:

Who is making this death threat?

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