General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNavy Seal who says he killed bin Laden joins fox news
I knew he speaking out to get his shot at fame and $$$$. Service to my country my ass.
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/2015/03/13/butte-native-says-killed-bin-laden-joins-fox/70264072/
snip
BUTTE (AP) Butte native Rob ONeill, a retired Navy Seal who said he fired the shots that killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, has joined FOX News as a contributor.
Network chairman and CEO Rob Ailes said Thursday that ONeills military insight will be a major asset to the network.
ONeill was profiled in a FOX News documentary last year in which he identified himself as the man who killed bin Laden during a 2011 raid on bin Ladens compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
ONeill was honorably discharged from the Navy in 2012 and has since worked as a speaker and a consultant and is involved in charities that help military veterans and their families. He is scheduled to speak at a Leadership Montana event at the Helena Civic Center on March 20.
still_one
(92,492 posts)TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)and various filmmakers made all sorts of money peddling books and movies off of what he and a few brave others did. He shouldn't have revealed it, it goes against their code and is unsafe for his family--but it must have been annoying watching others make a profit while he had to remain forever silent.
BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)"At Naval Special Warfare's core is the SEAL Ethos," said the letter, signed by Rear Adm. Brian Losey and Master Chief Michael Magaraci. "A critical (tenet) of our Ethos is 'I do not advertise the nature of my work, nor seek recognition for my actions.'
"We do not abide willful or selfish disregard for our core values in return for public notoriety and financial gain."
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/who-shot-bin-laden-tale-two-seals-n241241
Well, those two SEALs have now diminished the SEAL reputation by appearing to look like sell-outs for $$$.
I won't ever have to see his face, because I never watch FOX.
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)makes me hurl even if I watch for 5 minutes. I don't like hurling, so I don't watch.
tanyev
(42,661 posts)Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,509 posts)repeatedly slapping him with a wet loofah.
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)I think Bin Laden was worth more alive than dead just because of his head. He was able to plan & organize a global organization in a very limited way, CIA lucked out in finding his location because of the senior official intercepted entering the country which the reason for because the Jordan black flag terrorist went wild with the brutality & the civilian bombings, from the 90s to 2000s they had a set way & rules but with this guy doing his own thing he was to be demoted.
There was a lot of CIA propaganda in that 2 hours but it certainly had information in it that would be difficult to find elsewhere, this is from the analysts' mouths who Al-Zarqawi (spelling without Wiki) was unusual compared to the Al-Qaeda they were chasing. I believe them regarding them how much pressure Bush & others put on them to find Bin Laden, one point mentioning more aggressive changes & changing the rules or removing more rules & the first guy he was senseless tortured (water boarded 80+ times) and found out nothing, it the end they tried dirt on Jose Padilla, saying he said he taught Jose Padilla how to build a dirty bomb but I think someone official testified similar words that it wasn't credibility or a lie (or the equivalent value) that statement was. Now was several mental scars and still held in Guantanamo to this day.
I have no idea what it was like to be in the room but if he easily could have been caught he should have been but I think they killed some family along the way, don't know the details of them but do know they'd be more difficult to classify as an "enemy combatant" than Bin Laden of all people.
One thing the CIA documentary, very briefly mentioned early is when they had the board & putting photos on the board. Right after & next to Bin Laden's picture was the one responsible for the funding, specifically said "setting up charity fronts". I would have loved to hear them talk more about that guy but that was the only time they mentioned him the entire 2 hours. Interestingly, charity fronts is what ISIS receives their funding in & lawyers long trying to sue Saudi Arabia on behalf of 9/11 victims' families mentioned charity fronts back in the mid 2000s. Following the money doesn't seem to interest to people or afraid where the money takes you.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)one guy from the assault team was the first to "out" himself and give an exclusive interview, another guy from the assault team wrote the first book, and another guy was the lead "consultant" for the movie...
Or maybe those were the same person? I lose track....