Former Navy SEAL who claims to have shot and killed Osama bin Laden has been identified by CNN ahead of Fox News where he is expected to discuss his role in the raid.
Robert O’Neill, a SEAL turned public speaker, has been named by the UK’s Daily Mail,The Washington Post and the special operations community blog SOFrep.com as the member of SEAL Team 6 who fired the forehead shot that killed bin Laden in a May 2011 raid on the 9/11 mastermind ‘s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
O’Neill is the second SEAL to speak out about the raid. The first was Matt Bissonette, who 60 Minutes called Mark Owen in two interviews including a follow-up last month. Cooper talked with former Navy SEAL Jonathan Gilliam, who says O’Neill could, and should be charged by the military for speaking out. It’s time to start setting an example. The guy’s my SEAL brother, but he’s gone far beyond where I can support my brother.
In 2012, after 16 years of service, and 4 years shy of retirement, O’Neill left the Navy. He is now a public speaker employed by Leading Authorities, a speakers bureau.