By continuing to browse the site Robert J. O'Neill (@mchooyah) September 12, 2014. But his decision has been greeted with fury by the SEAL establishment. In his interview, he confirmed that two. At the time the couple were estranged. Were known as being fair even as the world becomes as polarized as at any time since the newspapers founding in 1908. When President Obama met with members of the U.S. Navy's SEAL Team Six, following the 2011 raid that killed Osama Bin Laden, he asked them to identify the man among them who fired the shots that had dispatched the al-Qaida leader. Their marital status is now unclear. improve functionality and performance. Robert O'Neill, 41, was a member of SEAL Team 6 which conducted the May 2, 2011 raid on the 9/11 terrorist mastermind's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. One other SEAL has previously gone public - Matt Bissonnette. It's not about who that one person was, it's about the team Who cares who the one person is. (It was the collision of two US aircraft at a staging point in the Iranian desert that catastrophically ended the attempted rescue of 52 American hostages in 1980, killing eight US servicemembers likely a factor in former President Jimmy Carters reelection defeat that year.). Its not our preference, nor is it in our best interests, to dig up dirt on SOF units or commands. RecPak is a meal replacement for the outdoors that saves you weight, space and time in the most challenging environments, just add water. Also, it doesnt matter if other people, especially some politicians in Washington, dont hold the same ethic. Hopefully, by reading the lines, and in between them, you can arrive at a better interpretation of the recent media drama surrounding Who shot UBL? and why Naval Special Warfare (NSW) leadership is rightfully upset. I worry about these gentlemen. Exercise your Constitutional rights (if any have earned that, its a combat veteran) however, dont break the law in the process. In total he was deployed on more than a dozen tours of duty in active combat, in four different warzones, including Iraq and Afghanistan. Common sense has me scratching my head at how someone (the point man in his story), that well trained, would drop cover on a male threat the point man actively engaged (with his weapon) with no follow up. That made it to the big screen as 'Lone Survivor.'. ", at least 30 generals and admirals that haven't resigned, Everyone Practices Cancel Culture | Opinion, Deplatforming Free Speech is Dangerous | Opinion. ONeill told Esquire that ultimately there were many more wounds on the body than the ones he inflicted. It also has investigative journalists looking for really bad stuff and Hollywood clamoring to grab whatever they can of the SEAL brand. How do we know it was Robert O'Neil and not Mark Owens (Matt Bissonnette) who shot bin Laden? (Enemy Killed in Action). The account doesnt mention what the third SEAL did. Bissonnette was disciplined in November 2012 for sharing classified information with the makers of the popular video game Medal of Honor: Warfighter. A Defense Department official told NBC News Tuesday that at the Defense Department's request, the Justice Department is investigating whether Bissonnette revealed classified information. Both men now face scorn from some brother SEALs. Ask yourself this question. He later claimed to have delivered the fatal blow to bin Laden himself, though this claim has proven controversial and has been disputed by another Navy SEAL who was involved. Its also important to represent yourself in a professional manner, keep your integrity intact, and honor the commitments youve made to America, its citizens, and your teammates. He was referred to throughout only as "the Shooter". In a contradictory narrative, Bissonnette wrote in No Easy Day, that the so-called 'point man' was the SEAL who killed the al-Qaida leader. O'Neill vyel veejn, aby si vzal zsluhy na zabit Usmy bin Ldina, rozhodnut, kter v adch Navy Seal nesedlo. Magaraci and Losey wrote. Join SOFREP for insider access and analysis. One noted that he was speaking to them on 2 May 2013 - the second anniversary of the death of bin Laden, and not knowing his involvement in the most famous of all SEAL operations said: 'God Bless America.'. What are the motives? Matt Bissonnette vs Robert O'Neill. You can say, POTUS said this and POTUS said that, but you and I dont know what was or was not classified. We don't ask the Taliban permission. Only time will tell and the gold bell will surely toll for Bissonette sooner or later. Overexposure in the Media:Publishing a book about the UBL raid so soon after, and coming out to openly talk to the press about the mission has created a media frenzy that comes with unexpected consequences. It certainly doesnt reflect well on the broader SEAL community, who are associated with him by proxy. Ex-Navy Seal Robert O'Neill, 38, has told the Washington Post in an interview that he fired the fatal shot. The entire episode was over in 15 seconds. He most likely unknowingly killed UBL, and then moved on to the women, knowing that his threat had been neutralized. It's insulting," he said. When we were still friends, right before he left the Navy, he called me on the phone to ask me how much money he could get for a book. Robert ONeill, the former SEAL identified in several news accounts as the shooter who fired the fatal shot to bin Ladens head at close range, now says it doesnt matter who did so during that US raid on bin Ladens compound hideout in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in 2011. In going public, O'Neill joins fellow Team Sixer Matt Bissonnette who wrote an unauthorized best-selling book about the raid called "No Easy Day," under a fake name. The President is the Commander in Chief. Were the bran muffin of journalism. But his father gave a different story in his exclusive interview with MailOnline. Such is the case with Bissonette and ONeill. O'Neill, who is 38, from Butte, Montana, is a highly decorated veteran who retired after 17 years in the forces. Both Bissonette and ONeill have conflicting narratives, and while no two people experience events alike, there are fundamental inconsistencies with their two stories. Latest book reviews, author interviews, and reading trends. He was decorated 52 times, leaving as senior chief petty officer. He decided to tell them about his actions. He has fulfilled a series of engagements across the United States since leaving the military. "And that's how you should feel. Matt Bissonnette, a member of SEAL Team Six, wrote in his 2012 book No Easy Day that this point man was still on active duty and was bin Laden's true killer. These are false statements. As for the rumors floating out there among my fellow SEALs Ill say this: Id be less concerned with rumors and more concerned with concrete facts as it relates to the NCIS criminal allegations against Bissonette. By The three shots killed bin Laden and O'Neill could see his 'brains' through the wound. Matthew Cole is an investigative producer for NBC News focusing on national security matters. You can renew your subscription or The third floor had the most time to prepare a defense once the bottom floors were cleared, and seems like it would warrant more support. LordLoko 5 yr. ago It addresses Fame (seeking recognition at the sake of the command or unit), Fortune (seeking to profit off of the command or units actions), and Ego (using team or unit accomplishments to inflate your own self importance). Tiny smash with hammer. But deciding to speak publicly may surprise some. Robert J. O'Neill (born 10 April 1976) is a former United States Navy SEAL (1996-2012), TV news contributor, and author. 'We were going hunting and a friend asked us to take a guy who was a Navy SEAL with us,' said Tom O'Neill, 65. To: Robert O'Neill, Ret. O'Neill initially sought to become a sniper and enlist as a U.S. Marine where he had known some friends. The encounter with bin Laden takes about 15 seconds, and only two men, ONeill and the point man, are in the room. If you were to come up with a punchline to a joke about the Monitor, that would probably be it. At 19 he went to a Navy recruiter's office in an attempt to get over his lost love. These words hang on a sign at the back entrance of certain units within JSOC (Joint Special Operations Command), which in itself explains the current problem and conflict created in the SEAL community. A DoD investigation also revealed that Bissonnette and six other SEALs had served as advisers on the video game, Medal of Honor: Warfighter, at Bissonnettes urging. In the first part Tuesday night, O'Neill said he and other team members thought they were on a suicide mission. Questions have previously been raised over the exact narrative of how bin Laden came to die. Special Forces Operator: I salute you for your extraordinary service to our Country, Sir. They havent done anything leadership wouldnt have done, said James Hatch. The Post said O'Neill acknowledged shots were fired at bin Laden by at least two other Seal team members, including Matt Bissonnette, a former Seal who wrote a 2012 book about the raid entitled . About a year ago, I happened upon this statement about the Monitor in the Harvard Business Review under the charming heading of do things that dont interest you: Many things that end up being meaningful, writes social scientist Joseph Grenny, have come from conference workshops, articles, or online videos that began as a chore and ended with an insight. Two different people telling two different stories for two different reasons, said Matt Bissonnette in an interview with NBC News. There was no mention of money going to charity. I was standing outside one of my favorite Manhattan restaurants, La Esquina and remember it as if it happened yesterday. Washington CNN . O'Neill told Cain: "I'm a big believer in the acronym KISS: Keep it simple, stupid. It's tough to hear a lot of different SEALs that I've never met, I've never worked with and I don't know. An update on major political events, candidates, and parties twice a week. I have 40 names in the contact list of my cell phone that are dead. The SEALs then head through the door, and the first SEAL pushes two women aside. And Im going to argue that we change lives precisely because we force open that too-small box that most human beings think they live in. Im sure reigning in social media participation amongst active duty SEAL members, stricter language around post career writing, and clearer rules are coming, and this is good. This turns an honorable and historically significant operation into a circus sideshow. The New Yorker piece talks about three SEALs assaulting the bedroom, and according to the official, the first SEAL in the stack sees bin Laden through the open door, fires and misses. Today it became clear that other SEALs are about to accuse him of lying - although there is agreement that he was on the raid. Robert J. O'Neill's income source is mostly from being a successful . Two more SEALs shot bin Laden in the chest, killing him. SOFREPs contributing editors are comprised of former Special Operations veterans from US and Coalition units. Although he had previously been interviewed about the shooting of bin Laden, he remained entirely discreet about his role. The staff has turned down over 40 TV interview requests from the likes of NBCs Today Show to Fox News. or call us at 1-617-450-2300. What theyve done is dishonorable, he said. After SOFREP reported on ONeills coming out party (dont shoot the messenger) on Fox news, SOFREP opted out of the UBL Shooter drama. When a previous SEAL went public, the then head of U.S. Special Operations took the personal steps of asking members of SEAL Team Six whether that account was accurate. O'Neill's decision to speak out was prompted by losing some of his military benefits by quitting the SEALs after 16 years rather than staying for a full 20 years of service. The SEAL feared the woman was wearing a suicide vest. We do not abide willful or selfish disregard for our core values in return for public notoriety and financial gain, which only diminishes otherwise honorable service, courage and sacrifice., Then theres the fog of war that envelopes any combat mission of the type that took down bin Laden: at night, deep inside foreign territory, and with the high likelihood of unknown events such as the crash of one of the SEALs helicopters in Abbottabad. It comes after Bissonnette submitted a draft of his second book - No Hero: The Evolution Of A Navy SEAL - for approval from the Department of Defense, including slides and notes from his speeches. Accusations were flying on social media forums, lines in the sand have been drawn, and friendships have been ended, a post on the site said. FOLLOW MORE IBT NEWS ON THE BELOW CHANNELS, IBT Fast Start - Let the best of International News come to you. During July of this year, our law firm confronted Bissonettes Washington DC lawyer, Bob Luskin (his new attorney, his old one is being sued), when we learned that false statements were being made publicly by Bissonette. O'Neill is a highly decorated veteran who served in the SEALs for 16 years, completing over 400 combat missions. Details of three of his missions have been turned into Hollywood action hits. These special forces operators, meant to be silent-but-deadly in their shadowy forays around the world, arent supposed to be popping off publicly about their exploits certainly not boasting for credit or financial gain. Will we ever know what happened that night? The second time as he's going down. "But we have these people who are in charge that are a disgrace. Matt Bissonnette, a former member of Navy SEAL Team 6 who wrote an account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, agreed on Friday to forfeit $6.8 million in book royalties and speaking fees. Bissonnette's book claims that when he entered the room bin Laden's body was already lying at the foot of the bed, twitching and convulsing and that the SEALs, including Bissonnette shot him in the chest until he was motionless. In that interview, published in March 2013, he said that he burst into bin Laden's bedroom, saw a gun within bin Laden's reach, and shot him in the forehead. Mezi leny tto jednotky byl Matt Bissonnette, kter spolu s dalm lenem tmu Seal Team 6, O'Neillem, tvrd, e provedl smrteln vstely. Rob ONeill, meanwhile, is the unnamed shooter who was credited in numerous magazine articles with firing the fatal shots, and according to two SEAL sources will be presented again as the shooter in a Fox News interview that airs later this month. Said Kirby, I'll just read for you the last paragraph: Within the Department of Defense, we did not identify instances whereby any Special Operations tactics, techniques and procedures-related information was provided to filmmakers., So, no. Follow NBC News Investigations on Twitter and Facebook. A former senior SEAL Team Six leader who was involved in the bin Laden mission confirmed that the exchange between ONeill and the official took place and said, It was classy.". Screenwriter Mark Boal said he had access to sources who had helped him with an unproduced screenplay about the 2001 raid on bin Ladens Tora Bora hideout, and that he spoke to people in the military and the CIA about details of the raid. O'Neill today told the Washington Post that he had decided to disclose his identity in full after addressing relatives of the victims of the September 11 2001 terror attacks at the National September 11 Memorial Museum before it was officially opened. . We He thinks he might have.. However being an unsung hero was not enough. Boal was part of the large audience. A SEAL source told MailOnline: 'The real shooter would never discuss it publicly. The 38-year-old O'Neill was revealed this month ahead of a televised interview to air Tuesday as the man responsible for pumping three slugs in bin Laden's head during the raid on the. Nov 7, 2014 1 WASHINGTON D.C. Just days after former Navy SEAL Team 6 member Rob O'Neill kicked off an ugly row by saying that he killed Osama bin Laden, a single 5.56mm bullet has stepped forward to claim responsibility. Matthew Bissonnette, the former SEAL and author of No Easy Day, a firsthand account of the 2011 bin Laden operation, had already been under investigation by both the Justice Department and the. ONeill began talking to writer Phil Bronstein as early as March 2012, while still a SEAL. The team got him," Mr. O'Neill said in an audio interview with freelance journalist Alex Quade, a former CNN correspondent that aired Friday on CNN's "AC360.". I say I'll paint a big target on my front door and say come and get us O'Neill's father Tom on the SEAL being attacked by former commanders. Bin Ladens guards and several other household members were shot and killed. subscription yet. According to this story, Bissonnette didn't actually flatly say that. I was meritoriously promoted to E-6 at Naval Special Warfare Group One (NSWG-1), promoted to Chief Petty Officer the first time I was eligible for advancement, and then went on to be one of Naval Special Warfare Centers Sniper Course Managers. Who shot Osama bin Laden? Somebody fired first, but others shot bin Laden too including, apparently, a number of SEALs who arrived seconds or minutes later, firing into bin Ladens body. Bap! The CNN source said that it would have been impossible for The Shooter - O'Neill - to have seen a gun because the only two recovered from the bedroom were sitting on a shelf above the frame of the door, so invisible to someone rushing in the door. In a letter to past and present SEALs, Force Master Chief Michael. A selection of the most viewed stories this week on the Monitor's website. Matt Bissonnette, autor do bestseller No Easy Day, que assinou como . Beyond fear, beyond anger. We shouldn't be cowering in fear.'. O'Neill uscito pubblicamente per prendersi il merito dell'uccisione di Osama bin Laden, una decisione che non si collocava bene tra i ranghi del Navy . Photo: Sourced from Mark Owens Instagram account (Matt Bissonettes pen name). 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According to the book No Easy Day, written by former SEAL Matt Bissonnette, under the pseudonym Mark Owen, the SEALs refused to tell the president which of them it was. Is somebody likely not being entirely truthful? He told NBC News: 'Two different people telling two different stories for two different reasons. Were seen as being global, fair, insightful, and perhaps a bit too earnest. Instead, a Navy recruiter suggested that O'Neill enlist in the U.S. Navy, telling him that he could be a sniper in the U.S. Navy SEALs. Robert O'Neill, a former U.S. Navy SEAL, speaks at the "Best of Blount" Chamber of Commerce awards ceremony at the Clayton Center for the Arts in Maryville, Tenn., Nov. 6, 2014. Personal life [ edit] Rick Woolard, a former SEAL team commander told The Associated Press that active-duty SEALs are pretty much very disappointed and I'd have to say angry with guys who have used their deeds and those of their companions for personal gain.". Before I turned over the Editor-in-Chief position to Jack Murphy, I did my best to warn them about bad things we heard on the street as it related to the main stream news press. In the Esquire version of the raid, ONeill is second in the stack. Bissonnette's total. ), Ex-SEAL Matthew Bissonnette Probed Over Book on Bin Laden Raid, Exclusive: Mole Who Met Bin Laden Killed by Al Qaeda in Bosnia, Six Potential Al Qaeda Leaders Killed Since Bin Laden Raid, According to the Esquire story, when asked by an Obama administration official which SEAL had shot bin Laden, ONeill responded, We all did it., That response was in line with the SEAL code, and won him goodwill with fellow SEALs. Pentagon officials have said that it's not clear whose shots actually killed bin Laden. No doubt Fox News will try to pin him down on this point in its two-part interview with ONeill to be aired this coming week. Blaming others for his bad judgement? [citation needed] It details Owen's career with . He has said he was advised by counsel that it was not required. This contradicts the account of Matt Bissonnette, another former Seal involved. Four years after a former Navy SEAL was threatened with prison for writing about the Osama bin Laden raid, the Pentagon has dropped its claim that Matt Bissonnette revealed secrets harmful to . Love him or hate him, Matt Bissonnette (aka Mark Owen) is a certified badass. O'Neill grew up in Butte, Montana, a former copper mining boomtown that has now fallen on hard times. log out. All rights reserved. We formally asked that Matt stop, and we informed Mr. Luskin that two agents from NCIS had in fact contacted SOFREP (one from the financial crimes division). I have only to point to a small wooden sign hung over a back door entrance to a place most people will never go or see, which has the following words burned into it: Editors note: This post was modified slightly from its original published format. Whatever he says, he says. Its either OK to talk shop or it isnt., I have 40 names in the contact list of my cell phone that are dead. Sign up and stay up to date with our daily newsletter. O'Neill also described how he had instructed his wife in how to protect their children, and jep a 'blot bag' ready in case they had to flee at any time. But you know what? 'But again, the code of secrecy with these special operators would preclude that.'. By composition, we admittedly have a pro-SOF (Special Operations Forces) bias. The two leaders made it clear that O'Neill's decision to go public translates into shame among former SEALs, and that he could even face legal action. Bin Ladens body was flown to a US Navy ship, where DNA testing confirmed his identity. 'I rolled past him into the room, just inside the doorway, 'There was bin Laden, standing there. My oldest son was born November 30th 2001 while I was deployed to Afghanistan with SEAL Team 3 ECHO platoon. Fox News had not disclosed the newspaper's involvement when it announced the two-part interview last week. The Monitor is a peculiar little publication thats hard for the world to figure out. Rep. Peter King, R.-N.Y., called for an Inspector Generals investigation in August 2011 after learning of reports in the media that Bigelow and Boal had enjoyed access to government officials. The editors of this website have heard other rumors floating around the Internet and not-so-secret SOF facebook pages regarding SOFREPs involvement in the UBL and Team 6 drama. A 2017 report from The Intercept claimed that O'Neill did shoot bin Laden but the Al-Qaeda leader may already have been dead. Another SEAL, Matt Bissonnette, wrote a book about the raid, "No Easy Day." Bissonnette's account suggests the point man fired the fatal shots, and that he and a second SEAL, presumably O'Neill . 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