“For God and Country, I pass Geronimo, Geronimo EKIA”

Those were the exact words that SEAL team SIX (DEVGRU) chief Matt Bissonnette passed to Admiral William H. McRaven on May 2, 2011, shortly after 1:00am local US time. This from Abbottabad, Pakistan and verifying Osama Bin Laden’s death. EKIA stands for Enemy Killed In Action. The picture above is from the crashed US military stealth helicopter near the compound which had radar-absorbing paint. The operation was code-named Neptune Spear and Geronimo. Why was it named after one of the US best-known Native Americans is still a clue. But could easily be because Geronimo was the fearless warrior that led the last band of Apache resistance to the Americans. With no pictures and DNA rapport made public of the actual death of Osama. And the dumping of his body from a V22 Osprey after being brought to the USS Carl Vinson just 200 miles to the west of the Indian city of Surat is still a clue to everyone. Others are stating that the body is at the Dover Air Base in Delaware. (HUFFPOST) Nevertheless all these astounding details are all coming from the book called No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama bin Laden, written by former SEAL team SIX member Matt Bissonnette. Seal team SIX is one of four counter terrorism/special mission units in the military and is so covert that most of the details and techniques are not even commented on by the White House or United States Department of Defense (DOD). The Pentagon has threatened legal action against Bissonnette for possible releases of classified information. The book reveals that Bin Laden was actually unarmed which completely contradicts The Obama administration’s version. When ex or current military personnel release a book about their military service, standard protocol is to give a copy to the Pentagon before the book is released publicly. Bissonnette didn’t do this. Which is weird of course because the SEALs pride themselves on a code of Omertà. Still I personally find the book a true important historical document in what easily was the most important US special forces operation in 30 years and will be a game changer in the field. No Easy Day will result in a blowback that will drive policy change across the entire Special Operations community regarding ‘operators’ ability to write books in the future. Hollywood and media access will be virtually impossible in the future. SEAL Team SIX was given the green light by a CIA analyst with the pseudonym “Jen” aka “Miss 100 percent” who was the main force behind tracking bin Laden to Abbottabad. “Jen” had been chasing Osama 24/7 for five years and remains undercover till today. She played a key role in one of the most successful operations in agency history. Academy Award winning Director Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) uses the true account of “Jen” in her latest film called Zero Dark Thirty. Perfectly portrayed by actress Jessica Chastain. The movie was originally about the unsuccessful decade-long manhunt for Osama bin Laden. But the screenplay was completely re-written by former investigative journalist Mark Boal after bin Laden was killed. An Important fact to know is that No Easy Day was released on September 4, 2012 and Zero Dark Thirty was already shot by then. The climactic sequence devoted to the raid on Osama’s compound is mind-blowing and runs about 25 minutes, only a few minutes less than the real-life SEALs assault. Besides that it’s also Jeremy Hindle’s first feature-film work as production designer. Hindle is known from numerous successful TV commercial shoots. Well I can tell Hindle did a remarkably precise re-creation of the huge bin Laden compound (VIDEO). It was built from scratch in the Jordanian desert in less than three months. Both the book and the film are great. And the film is a definite Academy Award front-runner. An astonishing achievement on nearly every level and Its stance is extremely tricky cause of it’s accuracy. For the very first time the filmmakers got unprecedented access, “deep dives” sort to say from Director of the CIA Leon Panetta. This to top-secret documents from The Department of Defense, meetings with the real ‘Jen’ (ARTICLE), Matthew G. Olsen – Head of National Counterterrorism Center, CIA Tour facilities of the Vault where the mission was prepared and actually seeing the real mock up of the compound. The Film feels sometimes like a documentary. And is simply not loaded with the always patriotic revenge nonsense of a Studio paid film like for example Ben Affleck’s overhyped and completely inaccurate Argo. Photo credit: defensetech.org by JOHN REED on MAY 2, 2011. Highly recommend: Osama bin Laden (1957-2011) from The NY Times, CBS’ “60 Minutes” interview with Former Navy SEAL Matt Bissonnette HERE, Inside the Situation Room: Obama on making OBL raid decision, Post discussion: What’s next after bin Laden? Channel 4’s Bin Laden: Shoot to Kill (1-5). And the E-book No Easy Op. A-ONE-TO-READ and A-ONE-TO-WATCH!