US Navy spokesman Ryan Perry says the service is investigating an allegation that the Rob O’Neill who claims he shot and killed Bin Laden may have revealed classified information to those not authorized to receive it.
“The Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) is in receipt of an allegation that Mr O’Neill may have revealed classified information to persons not authorized to receive such information,” Perry said in an email to AFP. “In response, NCIS has initiated an investigation to determine the merit of the allegations.”
O’Neill, 38, ignited a firestorm of controversy last month after coming forward to claim that he was the man who shot Bin Laden through the forehead at his hideout in Pakistan three years ago.
He gave numerous interviews since coming forward to say he was part of the operation that culminated in the death of the Al-Qaeda leader. O’Neill told The Associated Press last month that he has taken pains not to divulge classified information or compromise SEAL tactics.
The highly decorated Montana native told The Washington Post that he was near the head of the column of US soldiers that raided Bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound, adding that at least two other SEALs fired shots.
However O’Neill’s decision to go public dismayed military brass and serving SEALS who maintain a fierce, Omerta-like code of silence.
Another former Seal, Matt Bissonnette, who published his account of the raid, “No Easy Day” in 2012, took issue with O’Neill’s version of events.
“Two different people telling two different stories for two different reasons,” Bissonnette said.
Source ; ArabNews
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