"No Easy Day" ( a book tells about The Abbottabad operation in Pakistan also known as "Operation Neptune Spear”)

Surprisingly, a Navy SEAL who participated in the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan has written a book about the operation in which the al Qaeda leader was killed.

"No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama Bin Laden" is written by a Navy SEAL under the pseudonym Mark Owen with co-author Kevin Maurer and is to be released next month on the anniversary of the Sept 11 attacks.

"'No Easy Day' is the story of 'the guys,' the human toll we pay, and the sacrifices we make to do this dirty job." Says the author.

The Navy SEAL is described as a former member of the US Special Warfare Development Group, commonly known as SEAL Team Six, who was involved in hundreds of missions around the world.
His name and the names of the other SEALs mentioned in the book were changed for security reasons, the publisher said. The majority of the proceeds from the book will go to charities that support families of fallen Navy SEALs, the publisher said.

"The book was vetted by a former special operations attorney. He vetted it for tactical, technical, and procedural information as well as information that could be considered classified by compilation and found it to be without risk to national security," Christine Ball, a spokeswoman for the publisher, Dutton, told Reuters.

Pentagon Reaction :

"This book came as a surprise to folks at the Pentagon," a senior defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said. "Naturally, we'll be interested to read the book when it is made available."
CIA spokesman Preston Golson said: "As far as we can determine, this book was not submitted for pre-publication review."

'TIME TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT'

Dutton, which is a member of the Penguin Group (USA), said the Navy SEAL author's experience culminated with "Operation Neptune Spear" in Abbottabad, Pakistan, where he led one of the assault teams on bin Laden's compound and was "one of the first men through the door on the third floor of the terrorist leader's hideout and was present at his death."

"It is time to set the record straight about one of the most important missions in US military history," the Navy SEAL author said in the book, according to the publisher's statement.

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