![]() ![]() Here’s a few other examples of stories from former SEALs willing to put their real names on the jacket cover: ( PHOTOS: Osama bin Laden’s Pakistan Hideout)īut the anonymous author isn’t the first to tell his story of the SEALs, or even the bin Laden raid. government, out of concern for other active SEALs that served with the author, would not confirm the author’s identity, according to CNN. Within a day of the book’s announcement, Owen’s real identity was made public first by FOX News and then by the Associated Press, prompting the publisher to issue a statement saying that concern for the former SEAL’s safety was-and still is-the reason a pseudonym was used. All the names of Navy SEAL members in the book have been changed for security reasons. The author will wear disguises and have his voice distorted to protect his identity, reports the New York Times. ![]() The real identity of the SEAL author will be kept quiet, even during a boisterous publicity effort on behalf of the book. The company expects a major splash before the November election and holiday gift-buying season. ![]() Penguin will release No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama bin Laden, co-written by Kevin Maurer, on Sept. In fact, they say he was a member of SEAL Team 6, the special-forces group that carried out the raid in Pakistan that killed Osama bin Laden on May 2, 2011. ![]() Follow Owen isn’t his real name, but book publisher Penguin says its new author was a bona fide Navy SEAL. ![]()
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