SEAL foundation rejects proceeds from bin Laden book

The decision by the Navy SEAL Foundation to reject the potential
source of funding highlights the tensions within the typically tight-lipped
SEAL community about a tell-all book that delivers a blow-by-blow account of
the SEALs’ most famous mission.

{mosads}The Pentagon said this week that the book contains “sensitive
and classified” information, and the Obama administration is threatening legal
action against its author, an ex-SEAL who wrote under the pseudonym Mark Owen.

The author’s attorney responded that the book was properly
vetted, and that Owen did not reveal classified information or break a non-disclosure
agreement that he signed.

The author said that he is donating a majority of his book
proceeds to charity.

Another charity that focuses on Navy SEALs that was listed
in the book, the All in All the Time Foundation, has not yet decided how it should
handle any potential funds coming from the tome, The Virginian-Pilot reported.

Christina Valentine, who founded the group after her husband
died in a parachuting accident in 2008, told the Pilot, “I need to sit here and really mull it over.

“I don’t want to judge anybody or make an uninformed
comment,” she said. “I wonder how many people out there haven’t read the book
and are making a statement?”