Retired US Navy SEAL had Bin Laden corpse photo
Bissonnette gave investigators his hard drive as part of a deal to avoid prosecution over the material
Osama Bin Laden was killed in a raid on his compound in Abbotabad in 2011. PHOTO: AFP
WASHINGTON:
A former US Navy SEAL kept an unauthorized photo of Osama Bin Laden’s corpse on a computer that he turned over to investigators, a US news site reported on Tuesday.
The discovery came after Matthew Bissonnette, who shot Bin Laden in the infamous 2011 raid on the al Qaeda leader’s compound in Pakistan, gave investigators a copy of his hard drive.
He had been under investigation for allegedly revealing classified information in his book about the incident, “No Easy Day.”
Bissonnette gave investigators his hard drive as part of a deal to avoid prosecution over the material, two people familiar with the deal told The Intercept.
On it, they found the Bin Laden photo and documents detailing Bissonnette’s work as a consultant while also serving with the SEAL Team 6, the Intercept reported.
The US government has never released images of bin Laden’s body and says the Al Qaeda leader was buried at sea shortly after the raid.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 21st, 2016.
A former US Navy SEAL kept an unauthorized photo of Osama Bin Laden’s corpse on a computer that he turned over to investigators, a US news site reported on Tuesday.
The discovery came after Matthew Bissonnette, who shot Bin Laden in the infamous 2011 raid on the al Qaeda leader’s compound in Pakistan, gave investigators a copy of his hard drive.
He had been under investigation for allegedly revealing classified information in his book about the incident, “No Easy Day.”
Bissonnette gave investigators his hard drive as part of a deal to avoid prosecution over the material, two people familiar with the deal told The Intercept.
On it, they found the Bin Laden photo and documents detailing Bissonnette’s work as a consultant while also serving with the SEAL Team 6, the Intercept reported.
The US government has never released images of bin Laden’s body and says the Al Qaeda leader was buried at sea shortly after the raid.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 21st, 2016.