Boy, this is one hell of a debate. Dalton Fury is the guy that wrote the book “Kill Bin Laden“. Dalton Fury is also a pseudonym of the real author’s name. I will continue to use Dalton, out of respect(even though there are those that have found out his real name and posted it). Dalton is also a former Delta Operator, which is at the source of this brouhaha, and the charge is that he broke the silence about something he should have stayed quite about.
Now when these guys write books, they have to do it the right way, or they can get in trouble. There is a lot of stuff out there that they are privy too, and their Non-Disclosure Agreements they sign with the government are pretty stringent. As to wether Dalton went through the proper channels I guess is up for debate and for the lawyers to decide. I will let the reader make their own determinations on this.
But back to the reaction on the forums. Dalton has pissed off a lot of guys. The small community of special forces are very protective of their group, and I don’t blame them, and Dalton has exposed a piece of their history. Now did he endanger lives or endanger national security with his book, I don’t know, and I plan on reading it to make my own determinations.
I do know that a few out there are supportive of what Dalton has done, and that he is questioning his superiors for their decisions about the failed mission to find and kill Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan. To me, I think this story does need to be told, if there is fault on the part of the upper command. Dalton knew the risks of telling his story, and he is a real operator who has done his time out there. Obviously he feels he has a story that needs to be told, and he has risked condemnation by his peers and of his command to tell it. To me, that takes balls, and I give him credit for that. The proceeds of the book are going to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation.