8216;Bad blood with unit prompted ex-commando to write Osama book8217;

Bissonnette was upset at how he had been treated and the 8220;bad blood8221; with his former unit led him to break 8220;the code of silence8221; honored by many commandos. He felt less compunction about writing a book that he knew might upset colleagues,according to a report in the New York Times.

Bissonnette8217;s book 8216;No Easy Day8217; is written under the pseudonym Mark Owen. The e-book 8216;No Easy Op8217; is scheduled to go on sale today,a day before Bissonnette8217;s book is released.

8220;How was he repaid for his honesty and 14 years of service?8221; a passage of the e-book reads. 8220;He was ostracized from his unit with no notice and handed a plane ticket back to Virginia from a training operation.8221;

The Pentagon has threatened to take legal action against Bissonnette,saying he violated his signed agreement not to divulge classified information.

The e-book offers a few details about Bissonnette8217;s team.

It says team members loudly celebrated their successful mission at a bar in Virginia Beach,causing them to be reprimanded.

In a statement,Kevin Maurer,a journalist and co-author of 8216;No Easy Day8217;,said: 8220;After spending several very intense months working with Mark Owen on this book,I know that he wrote this book solely to share a story about the incredible men and women defending America all over the world.

8220;Any suggestion otherwise is as ill informed as it is inaccurate. What8217;s more,Mark has an unshakable respect for the US military,in particular the men he served with. That8217;s why not one negative word was written about anyone he served with.8221; The e-book calls Bissonnette 8220;an operator8217;s operator.8221;

While the authors say it is highly unlikely that Bissonnette revealed any vital information about SEAL tactics and procedures,they criticised Bissonnette for not submitting the book to defense authorities for review.

They said he could have eased concerns about security leaks. The e-book also describes differences between SEAL members and other Special Operations forces.

In the infantry-bred world of Army Special Operations,the authors write,8221;No one wants to hear braggarts telling tall tales of their heroics,8221; while 8220;a culture of boasting and arrogance continues to haunt the SEALs.8221;

The authors feel that 8216;No Easy Day8217; 8220;will result in blowback that will drive policy change across the entire Special Operations community regarding operators8217; ability to

write books in the future. Hollywood and media access will be virtually impossible for the foreseeable future.8221;

8216;No Easy Op8217; is a product of sofrep.com,a website produced by former commandos and focussed to the news,culture and weaponry of Special Operations forces.