That 'No Easy Day' book..

[amberlyrose]

is on my shit list.
He wrote about an attempt to rescue another soldier still being held captive. Wonderful.
I won't be giving this guy any access to royalties from my own money.

security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/07/16018/?hpt=hp_t1


Another passage causing concern in the Pentagon has been the fate of the only U.S. soldier from the war in Afghanistan currently held captive.

The parents of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl were briefed on Thursday by the military about the book's contents because it contains several pages in which the author says he was on a secret mission to rescue their son.

US Army Col. Timothy Marsano, the military liaison to the family, confirmed to CNN that the Bergdahls know about the passages and are declining to comment publicly.

The book has triggered a firestorm of controversy over the author's decision to detail the bin Laden raid. Pentagon officials are also concerned that any discussion of Bergdahl, who was captured in 2009, could put him at risk.
Military officials have privately said for some time that they believe he is being held in Pakistan by members of the Haqqani network, but have not discussed details because he is still a captive.

"We are still searching for Bowe Bergdahl and any public discussion of our ongoing efforts is not helpful," one senior U.S. official said.

This official, who also spoke on the condition of not being identified, and others said the concern is insurgents might learn any detail from the book about hostage rescue techniques.

Several military officials have told CNN there was never sufficient intelligence about Bergdahl's location to mount a full rescue attempt although they conducted many searches inside Afghanistan.

But Bissonnette said there was a tip Bergdahl might be in a compound south of Kabul about a month after Bergdahl was captured and a mission ensued.

After a firefight, Bissonnette says "there was no sign of Bergdahl, but we figured he had to be somewhere nearby. There were too many fighters here, and they were well armed."

[tulip]

I read the book & I'm amazed at what was in it. The way he writes about killing people is pretty shocking. I know they do it & they deal with it... But to see the way he wrote its pretty jarring. I'm a big wimp who cried after I ran over a squirrel so.. Yeah.

[tulip]

Oh and he made is feeling on Obama pretty easy to know, he flat out wrote he didn't like him. I thought that was pretty distasteful since he is the Commander in Chief. He talks about meeting with him afterwards & it's just not what you'd expect. It's like they just didn't have any respect & they didn't want to be there (yeah right).