Legal Opinion
Bissonnette v. Podlaski
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 7, 2015No. 14-CV-8810 (JMF)PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
JESSE M. FURMAN, District Judge:
Plaintiff Matthew Bissonnette is a retired—and highly decorated—Navy SEAL who participated in the 2011 mission that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda and the architect of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Under the pseudonym Mark Owen, Plaintiff published a best-selling book about the mission titled No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account -of the Mission that Killed Osama Bin Laden in 2012. The book apparently led the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) to investigate Plaintiff for violation of his contractual duties as a Navy SEAL…
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