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Book details U.S. raid that killed bin Laden

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"No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden" by Mark Owen with Kevin Maurer

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The memoir "No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden," written by Mark Owen (a pseudonym), has attracted controversy for whether Owen revealed classified information and whether the 24-man SEAL Team Six conducted itself properly. But what's missing is a reflection on the book's strengths — the painfully human characters as well as the book's breathlessly paced, inexorable march toward an inevitable ending.