All proceeds from the book "No Easy Day" about killing Bin Laden will now go to the US government
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[quote]Matthew Bissonnette, the former Navy SEAL who participated in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden and wrote a tell-all book about it, has agreed to pay the US government all past and future proceeds from the best-seller after the Department of Justice said he failed to have a draft reviewed by the government.
"Mr. Bissonnette has agreed to pay the United States all of his past and future proceeds from the publication of 'No Easy Day,'" Department of Justice spokesperson Nicole Navas said in a statement to CNN.
The US government brought a civil action against Bissonnette for "breach of contract" by violating a non-disclosure agreement that required him to "submit to the Government for pre-publication security review any written manuscript containing or relating to classified information," according to the official complaint.
The complaint does not accuse Bissonnette, a former U.S. Navy SEAL chief petty officer and member of the elite SEAL Team Six, of revealing classified information but does fault him for failing to go through the appropriate clearing process. It also says that he similarly failed to get approval for a series of slides that he used in a leadership presentation.[/quote]
[url]http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/19/politics/navy-seal-bin-laden-raid-settlement/index.html[/url]
Yeah fuck that guy who put his life on the line and participated in an extremely high profile mission. Give us every penny that comes from the sales of some book about your personal, firsthand account of said mission that you risked your life on. Sorry dude the only clear appropriate retaliation is to claim every penny that you would have earned and did earn from these book sales, shoulda asked for us to give you a thumbs up first. God bless america god bless our veterans.
[QUOTE=Ripvayne;50923826]Yeah fuck that guy who put his life on the line and participated in an extremely high profile mission. Give us every penny that comes from the sales of some book about your personal, firsthand account of said mission that you risked your life on. Sorry dude the only clear appropriate retaliation is to claim every penny that you would have earned and did earn from these book sales, shoulda asked for us to give you a thumbs up first. God bless america god bless our veterans.[/QUOTE]
tbh a lot of those veterans from the bin laden raid were pretty quick to cash in on it. i doubt this guy is sitting pennyless anyways since all of them were probably getting some royalties from any number of other books they contributed to
[QUOTE=ilikecorn;50923828]Well I mean he very clearly DID sign a contract. It's hard to feel bad when you either A: blatantly don't read what you're signing; or B: Blatantly don't give a shit and go against the contract's terms.
His fault. No way around it.[/QUOTE]
I guess it's technically, legally fair. It just doesn't sit well with me I suppose given the nature of the ordeal the book is about. Just seems like a more agreeable solution could have been reached. You're right though, know what you're signing before you sign it.
While I can understand he needs to be punished for spilling things without clearance, taking 100% of the profits is a bit too harsh for my taste.
[QUOTE=Ripvayne;50923826]Yeah fuck that guy who put his life on the line and participated in an extremely high profile mission. Give us every penny that comes from the sales of some book about your personal, firsthand account of said mission that you risked your life on. Sorry dude the only clear appropriate retaliation is to claim every penny that you would have earned and did earn from these book sales, shoulda asked for us to give you a thumbs up first. God bless america god bless our veterans.[/QUOTE]
I don't feel bad for him. He signed a contract, knew what he was getting into. Does not matter who you make a contract with, a contract is a contract.
Kudos for having a part in the mission but it seems like everyone who was apart of that mission is trying to milk the cash cow.
[QUOTE=download;50923858]While I can understand he needs to be punished for spilling things without clearance, taking 100% of the profits is a bit too harsh for my taste.[/QUOTE]
It was a deal to drop all other liability claims.
Eh, he can always do public talks which is a fuckton of cash anyway
If you look at his instagram, you can see that he has a lot of sponsors/partners in the industry, so he appears to be doing alright financially.
Saw this on BBC news last night, Only thing i wanna ask on this
Where does this money go now? Rehabilitation programmes for the wounded charities or as I suspect into some politicians back pocket.
[QUOTE=Fr3ddi3;50924240]Saw this on BBC news last night, Only thing i wanna ask on this
Where does this money go now? Rehabilitation programmes for the wounded charities or as I suspect into some politicians back pocket.[/QUOTE]
Usually things like this get dumped into the general fund, which rolls over into the budget.
[QUOTE=Fr3ddi3;50924240]Saw this on BBC news last night, Only thing i wanna ask on this
Where does this money go now? Rehabilitation programmes for the wounded charities or as I suspect into some politicians back pocket.[/QUOTE]
Chock-blocks and drip-pans for somebody's motor pool.
I mean, Jesus Christ, those things are expensive. It's ridiculous.
This book is now illegal for Australians to buy because of this now, it's treason to support another country (that isn't in the Commonwealth I believe)
[QUOTE=Ignhelper;50924059]Eh, he can always do public talks which is a fuckton of cash anyway[/QUOTE]
[quote]He has agreed to forfeit all profits and royalties, as well as film rights and speaking fees.
In exchange, the government will dismiss other liability claims.
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[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-37142801[/url]
[QUOTE=Hiruty;50925608]This book is now illegal for Australians to buy because of this now, it's treason to support another country (that isn't in the Commonwealth I believe)[/QUOTE]
What are you on about?
[QUOTE=Ignhelper;50924059]Eh, he can always do public talks which is a fuckton of cash anyway[/QUOTE]
Not without clearance he can't, pretty clear cut that the guy was in the wrong. You sign a NDA, you follow it. Especially when you're working with security related info.
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