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Exnavy seal under criminal investigation for bin laden book. 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. Seals book on bin laden raid, woodward book on obama. Jan 31, 2017 new york the navy seal who has said he fired the shots that killed osama bin laden has a memoir coming out this spring. The navy seal who has said he fired the shots that killed osama bin laden has a memoir coming out this spring. He alone pumped two bullets into osama bin laden, killing the architect of the 911 attacks.
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