親歷擊斃本·拉登出書賠錢 前特種兵遭罰700萬美元

A former US Navy Seal who wrote a bestseller about his role in the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden is to pay nearly $7m to the government for violating non-disclosure agreements.

因爲違反保密協議，出書揭祕其在美軍突襲擊斃奧薩馬·本·拉登時的角色的一名前美國海軍海豹突擊隊隊員，必須向政府支付約700萬美元。

Matt Bissonette failed to get clearance from the Pentagon before the book No Easy Day was published in 2012.

在《艱難的一天》一書於2012年出版之前，作者馬特·比索內特沒有獲得美國國防部的同意。

He has agreed to forfeit all profits and royalties, as well as film rights and speaking fees. In exchange, the government will dismiss other liability claims.

他已經同意放棄所有利潤、版權費、電影改編權和演講費收益。作爲交換，政府同意放棄追究他的其他責任。

The al-Qaeda leader was killed in a May 2011 Navy Seal raid on his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and his body was buried at sea.

基地組織領導人本·拉登於2011年5月，在海豹突擊隊突襲他在巴基斯坦阿伯塔巴德的一處居所時被擊斃，隨後他的遺體被海葬。

Navy Seals - special operations commandos - usually abide by a code of silence and do not publicly take credit for their actions.

美國海軍海豹突擊隊是特種部隊，通常情況下遵守緘默協議，而且不公開承擔功勞。

In the settlement filed at a district court in the state of Virginia, Mr Bissonette acknowledged he had failed to submit his book for review ahead of publication.

在弗吉尼亞州地方法庭的和解書中，比索內特承認，在他的書出版之前沒有提交內容接受檢查。

He also apologised, saying in a statement that he had acted on the incorrect advice of his lawyer.

他同時發表道歉聲明，表示他是在他的律師錯誤的指示下做出行動的。

"It was a serious error that I urge others not to repeat," CBS news quoted him as saying.

CBS新聞引述了他的話報道稱：“這是一個非常嚴重的錯誤，我希望其他人不要重蹈我的覆轍。”

"Although I never intended to endanger my former colleagues, I now recognise that failing to seek pre-publication review could place them and their families at greater risk, for which I especially apologise."

“雖然我從來沒有打算過要使我以前的戰友置於危險之中，但是現在我意識到了，出版前沒有審查可能將他們及其家人置於更大的風險之中，對此我深表歉意。”

The former commando, who wrote under the pseudonym Mark Owen, will have four years to pay the bulk of the money to the government, according to the Associated Press news agency.

據美聯社報道，化名馬克·歐文出版《艱難的一天》的這名前海豹突擊隊成員將在4年內支付這筆款項的絕大部分。

He has 30 days to pay $100,000 made from presentations he gave using slides that were not approved by the Pentagon, it says.

據悉，他還必須在30天內支付10萬美元，這筆錢是他利用未經國防部覈准的幻燈片做演講推介得來的。