Fox News Outs Member of Seal Team Six

Ken AshfordRight Wing and Inept Media, War on Terrorism/TortureLeave a Comment

So one of the guys of the elite Seal Team force that killed bin Ladn decided to write a book.  And he did it under a pseudonym, Mark Owen, to protect his identity and his family.
Good.
Except stupid Fox News decided to out him.  You can see it here, in this article.
Can you imagine if MSNBC had done that?  The cries of outrage and treason?
But it's Fox, so the right is hypocritically silent.

Users on several militant Islamic websites affiliated with al-Qaida have posted the name and photo of a former Navy SEAL identified as the author of an upcoming book on the commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden. The posts called for his "destruction" in revenge for the al-Qaida founder’s killing.

"We pray to Allah for his destruction sooner rather than later," said one of the posts.

"Oh Allah, make an example of him for the whole world and give him dark days ahead," read another.

Among the website publishing the death threats was the "Al-Fidaa" web forum, which al-Qaida uses to distribute its media and public communications, said Evan Kohlmann, an NBC News consultant and a terrorism analyst at Flashpoint Partners, a global security firm.

The source of the photo, which appears to show a special operations soldier in leveling an automatic rifle during a training exercise, was not immediately clear.

"Here is the first picture of the dog who murdered the martyr Shaykh Usama Bin Laden," wrote one of the posters, using an alternate spelling of bin Laden's name. "May Allah have mercy on him."

Fox.  Why do they hate America?