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‘My Biggest Concern Was Having to Piss Really Bad’: Listen to the Story of the Bin Laden Raid in the Words of the Man Who Allegedly Shot Him

Feb. 12, 2013 10:40am Erica Ritz

Center for Investigative Reporting Releases Video With Words of Man Who Killed Bin Laden

Arab militant Osama Bin Laden poses for this undated photo (Photo by Getty Images)

Yesterday, Esquire published a report on the Navy SEAL who allegedly killed Osama bin Laden — what the raid was like through his eyes, and what his life is like in the aftermath. At a lengthy seven pages, though, many only read third-party accounts of the article.

You can read ours here.

Now, the Center for Investigative Reporting, which published the piece in cooperation with Esquire, has released a YouTube video using the SEAL’s own words to describe the dramatic events. His real voice is not used and the images are animated, but the story is so gripping that it hardly matters after a few minutes.

We’ve transcribed a few quotes from the movie to give you an idea.

Before the raid:

“If we only killed 5 or 6 guys a night, we were wasting our time…We’d go in and a guy would be sleeping. Up against the wall were his cologne, deodorant, soap, suicide vest, AK-47, and grenades…We had a target like that in Iraq….We ended up clearing about 7 or 8 houses; we killed an entire cell of Al-Qaeda. Probably 14 guys. No women were hurt, no children were hurt, but they were there. We were working with two dogs at the time — the woman’s quote in the newspaper was, ‘ninjas came with lions.’

“The SEAL commander, cool as ever, said, ‘Okay, we’re as close as we’ve ever been to UBL.’ There was none of that cheering bull***t. We were thinking, ‘Yeah, okay, good, it’s about time we killed this motherf***er.’”

When the CIA analyst made famous in “Zero Dark Thirty” asked him how he could be so calm, the SEAL replied: “We do this every night. We go to a house, we f*** with some people, we leave. This is just a longer flight.”

This image released by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency shows a scale model of the compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, where Osama bin Laden was killed. (Photo: AP)

During the raid:

“My biggest concern was having to piss really bad, and then having to get off in a fight needing to pee. I used one of my water bottles. I peed in that, and actually carried it through the whole mission. I forgot until later, when I shot Bin Laden in the face, I had a bottle of piss in my pocket.”

“We’d always assumed we’d be surrounded at some point. You see the videos of him walking around, and he’s got all those jihadis, but they weren’t prepared. They got all complacent. They guys that could shoot, shot, but we were on top of them so fast…”

“One of the SEALS shot a guy and a woman. He told me, ‘Jesus, these women are jumping in front of these guys. They’re trying to martyr themselves.’ Another sign that this is a serious place.”

After the raid:

“I’m eating a breakfast sandwich, standing near bin Laden’s body, looking at a big screen TV with the president announcing the raid…thinking ‘how the f*** did I get here? This is too much.’”

“I deployed again to Afghanistan to show that I wasn’t a douche bag, that I’m still a part of this team and I believe what we’re doing. My feeling now has changed, which is part of the reason I got out. A lot of the missions they’re going on are going to be a waste of really good lives…I was just burned out, I’m done.”

Explaining security precautions his family has taken, the SEAL said: “[My ex-wife] has a packed suitcase with all the things the family needs for 4 days…my kids have a f***ing bolt bag, that’s what I call it…And if something comes up, I call her. Like get in the f***ing car, grab the suitcase, and just go.”

“The government doesn’t want us talking about anything so basically, I leave the Navy and, I can’t say anything. Here I am without a degree, and sixteen years of doing nothing.”

“I’d like to do something that has nothing to do with my past. I don’t want to carry a gun. I don’t have a need for excitement anymore, honestly. In 5 years, what I’d like to do is have a platform for guys who are in the same position as me right now, to be able to come out and get work in a field that they want, and then I’d like to have a foundation for the families as well. Families of guys from SEAL Team 6 that have died.”

Here’s the entire video, via the Center for Investigative Reporting:

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OperationNorthwoods
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 3:43pm
So did they discover his dialysis machine in the compound, or did he walk to the local hospital to get treatment? Or was OBL dead all along and the pakistanis just step up a lookalike for us to take down and dump in the Ocean?

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Tickdog
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 3:42pm
yeah i am not buying into this…

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housetops
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 3:18pm
“They” want to nudge us into thinking and feeling a certain way about these vets? Why?

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RJJinGadsden
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 1:17pm
Rush is reporting now that this story is a hoax. It is looking more and more like Phil Bronstein, Sharon Stone’s former husband fabricated the whole thing. There might be a chance that he was taken, but considering his former employment, this is simply journalistic malfeasance.

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- woodyee
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 2:01pm
  Perforated feces, RJJ. If it were someone else posting what you did, I might have flagged the troll. You’ve got MY full attention, and I just tuned in to Rush…
  
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- Pecos1
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 3:06pm
  Of course it is BS. The REAL Shooter would never have made such a public spectacle like this. I never cease to be amazed, though, at how many frothing-at-the-mouth-bleeding-heart idiots believe such drivel.
  
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DisgustedinUSA
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 12:49pm
You shooters go through hell for the rest of your life, because of what you were ordered to do, and the idiots in Washington sit in the spotlight, acting like they just won the lottery. God bless you man

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Pecos1
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 12:49pm
Ok, I have to throw the BS flag here. Someone else might have mentioned this, but I have read through the comments yet.

This “Shooter” recalls almost word-for-word the ‘official’ recount of events as told by White House staff. The SEAL who wrote “No Easy Day” details the events of bin Laden’s shooting quite differently. Consider this: the ‘No Easy Day’ author was the SEAL directly behind THE MAN who actually shot bin Laden.

“The point man’s shots had entered the right side of his head. Blood and brains spilled out of the side of his skull. In his death throes, he was still twitching and convulsing. Another assaulter and I trained our lasers on his chest and fired several rounds.”

From No Easy Day by ‘Mark Owen’.

Even funnier, The Blaze has an article refuting this supposed SEAL’s story: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2012/09/10/seal-behind-the-bin-laden-tell-all-gives-detailed-60-minutes-interview-in-disguise/

Excerpt: “Appearing Sunday on CBS’ “60 Minutes,” Owen — which is the man’s pen name — says one SEAL fired after seeing a man’s head poking into a hallway. Owen says he and another SEAL shot bin Laden again after finding him on his bedroom floor with a bullet in his skull, because bin Laden’s hands were hidden.

That’s more detail than was included in “No Easy Day,” the newly released book Owen wrote under intense scrutiny from the government and his fellow SEALs.”

Decide for yourself, but I alr

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BurntHills
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 12:23pm
whoa, he sounds so much like our younger brother, a USN SEAL in the ’80s-late ’90s. he saw a lot of the Middle East actions beginning the day after Beirut barracks, 23 Oct 1983. lost a childhood buddy who went in with him. he never talks about it much but we can piece together where he was from his ‘souvenirs’.

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Hobbs57
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:40am
I Don’t know man, …. Not doubting the guy,but something just doesn’t seem to add up ….. Maybe it is the psychologist in me, always analyzing everything ….. I can only figure the shooter, having accomplished that mission that I am sure he has always told himself is the reason he is doing what he does,has now re-evaluated his entire history, wondering if it was all worth it. Often times, success is harder to deal with than failure, particularly to the degree of success I Am sure this event carries for these guys. I am sure there are guys who are jealous, as he indicated, those who dropped out since the entire purpose of their existence has been eliminated along with the life of Osama. …. Yeah, I am sure this is what it is, the poor guy is having a psychological conflict, realizing that the result of 16 years of doing this, he is a killer. Life is crazy like that, it is like , one day, it just all clicks, a compilation of our actions all of a suddenly, make us who we are. It is surreal, especially that moment he speaks of standing next to the body. Like watching a video in fast forward, then watching the final clip… Except here you are, not 18, but 34, 35 years old, nearly half your life gone, asking yourself, is this it ?? Is this all there is to life ?? That is why people often have unrealistic dreams, having never really believed they would reach those accomplishments. At least for those of us who are a little crazy, those who are stable think realistically.

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- woodyee
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 12:02pm
  He was pretty clear about “A lot of the missions they’re going on are going to be a waste of really good lives…I was just burned out, I’m done.”
  
  It was NOT long after the bin Laden mission that SEALS began to get hammered, a couple of times en masse. Latrells story was worrying about the legal ramifications of shooting a man and boy who had discovered them. The hesitation caused his team to get wiped out. Then their was the administration giving away secret information which affected the security of the SEALS, and the lying by the administration which led to distrust of the suits sending them on missions. There’s good reason to be in his shoes (retired).
  
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TexMarine
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:36am
Something stinks about this whole thing. Why would he walk away from a pension? Why didn’t he know that his insurance didn’t transfer? 16 years in service, the most elite the Navy has, and he doesn’t go to a separations class? You can’t just quit and walk away. His GI Bill should take care of his fantasy about a college degree, assuming he doesn’t piss it away on a BA at NYU. 16 years of service and he doesn’t have shipmates that he can network through? He knows what his skillset was when he chose to leave, he has no choice but to leverage his alleged ST6 experience in some fashion while he attends college. Something just doesn’t add up.

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- Toltepeceno
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:58am
  I agree, something is not right.
  
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- rose-ellen
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 12:30pm
  I don’t buy a word of it.Another hoax perpetrated by a “journalist’”That the SEALS would talk to the media is so unprofessional [though to me they're all criminals and murderers if not war criminals].
  
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- SacredHonor1776
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 12:52pm
  Rose Ellen, for all we know you may be a murderer and possibly a war criminal too…
  
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- rose-ellen
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 1:26pm
  Casting aspirsions at me does not change the FACT that whoever killed osama-an un armed man -is a murderer, a.criminal if not war criminal. And a whiner to boot-apparantly[if this sory is true].And a cog in a terorist war machine[the US military] who unlike osama [who many will regard forever as a feedom fighter who gave the americans a long in coming taste of their own medicine and they've been whining ever since and they showed their true character as their professed values went out the window that day] can’t think for himself hence his unraveling now!
  
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- SacredHonor1776
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 2:02pm
  Rose-Ellen what country are you from?
  
  So basically you believe Bin Ladin was a freedom fighter, and a hero? You think any killing he was behind was justified? Including the innocent civilians at 9/11… I’m pretty sure that would place you under possible ‘war criminal’ or ‘co-conspirator’…. You revel in the death and torment of others?
  
  I’m sorry, but MLK jr, or Ghandi he is not.
  
  Soldiers are under orders, and they follow orders or get court martialed and imprisoned. If there is anyone guilty of innocent bystanders being killed, it is with the politicians that give orders. If any murders happen, they are the ones in charge. Only look at WW2, where it was the Nazi commanders and politicians, not the common soldiers who generally tried for war crimes, not the common soldiers under their command.
  
  Besides, if american soldiers commit a war crime, or if there is even suspicion of it, they go through war tribunals to find their guilt or innocence.
  
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- Toltepeceno
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 2:03pm
  Bin laden a freedom fighter? Your idea of a freedom fighter is one that specifically targets civillian targets? You are one sick individual.
  
  Funny how you harp on his killer being a murder, but say nothing about all of the innocent people bin laden was behind killing.
  
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- SacredHonor1776
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 2:17pm
  Also I’d rather western soldiers weren’t in those countries… We don’t need to be picking sides… the side that we have picked doesn’t diserve out help…
  
  They can just go on killing each other (and the women and children) without our help, and continue to show to the world that they murderous cultures that they actually are. Give enough time the shiate and sunni will wipe each other off the planet, while genocidally taking out other local groups such as the Kurds with them… We shouldn’t be choosing which homicidal group to back….
  
  They should also not expect to have any humanitarian supplies either, because we can’t support cultures ‘killing’ each other, and misusing the supplies we give to them. Ya, Egypt you shouldn’t be getting those planes…
  
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- rose-ellen
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 3:56pm
  I recognize the fact he was a murderer. So are we.And following unjust orders-to kill an unarmed man-is a war crime.The fact is people will see himaas a freedom fighter who launced the peoples century and brought us to the knowledge that our policies can impact us. That we can no longer be so sure of acting for our interestrs only -with impunity. We spent the whole 20th century dropping bombs on men women and children and never thought the same could happen to us. But it did. We’re very thin skinned about it. The world and its people do not belong to us . We got a taste of our own actions. That’s what I mean-not that killing civilians is ever justified.
  
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- rose-ellen
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 4:15pm
  He was NOT a fundamentalist[One of his wives had a ph-d.] He supported the uprisings against all dictators whether american or russian backed. He should have been a natural ally-but we wanted below market oil prices hence we propped up the corrupt murdering saudi royals and other dictators. .And he wanted to topple saddam back when we he sided with him in his war against iran. And of course we side with zionist occupation. His was a political struggle against our unjust policies which harmed the indigenous people but benefitted us[oil,military bases. cold war benefits, zionism,etc.] .Lies that life is black and white.
  
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Zoe
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:28am
All open air………..

Barney & 5.0 are leaving these guys all in the open for Jack Ruby& his Posse ……

We have one Broken Government!

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searching for the Truth
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:24am
Exactly, a transitional house filled with their guy’s so they can save up in two ways – finances and assimilation back into Life.

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BADDOGGYDESCIPLE
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:21am
So a useless congressperson gets a full pension after 5 years and the guy that did OBL gets to buy his own go bag for his wife and nothing else. Sounds about right.

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SheepDogconfrontthewolf
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:20am
CHAPS MY ASS the VA the MILITARY leaves us in the dirt …. when we get home sure you can get help at the VA but, all they give you is a bottle of pills and a pat on the a$$ and say now go away ill see you on your yearly check up….. broken back, broken knees, “broken heart” try to find a job… who what to hire someone with a broken back? your a liability to them… iv been looking for a job for 3 years now i was a firefighter before i joined to serve this lost cause of a war.. can’t go back to that line of work because of the injures sustained in the military……. but here’s is the bottom line, this guy is a seal and he can’t get help ? what about all of us joe’s that were regulars and can’t get help?

no job ,no love , no hope….. one angry veteran

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ellietoo
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:10am
This guy is a sell out. He does not believe in what he did for 16 years and is selling out to the leftest media. I can understand him not liking how the government is using the military in this fake war but he should not be selling his story to a leftest media outlet just because he feels he got the bad end of the deal. He was whining that he did not get anything for his 16 years of duty because he quit 4 years short of retirement. EVERYONE in the military knows what you get if you leave before 20 years! This guy makes me sick. He wants something extra because he rushed up the steps and shot Bin Ladan first. It sounds to me like he wanted that kill and the glory for himself and when he didn’t get what he thought he deserved he quit.
After 16 years he decides he doesn’t believe in what he was doing??? Get out of my face! He is a sell out! The leftest media loves this stuff.

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- SheepDogconfrontthewolf
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:31am
  “Ellietoo” Have you been there and done that? Are you a veteran? Heres the problem you are told not to say any thing by the gov. now try to go to the Administration of veterans affairs and say i killed UBL and i have PTSD…. where does he go get help because the gov, the VA ,the military does not recognize that he was even there.. on this guys DD214 ‘that’s discharge papers” and about 6 pages of blacked out places hes been. that’s what he receives when he leaves ……. now prove you need help with a blacked out papers. sell out” no mam ” the mans a hero trying to get help!
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:35am
  I hear what you are saying and don’t totally disagree, but in 16 years you know this guy did a lot more than just put a hole in Bin Laden. 16 years in the SEALS is bit different than 16 years in The Coast Guard. Considering the pressure these guys are under, I can certainly see a need for a pro rated system. Maybe you don’t get the full pension after 16, but you should get more than a boot in the ass.
  
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- Toltepeceno
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:44am
  I agree. I am a disabled Vietnam vet that did 12 years, we all know what we get if we get out before doing 20. I support and get involved in veterans issues, but I seldom run into the whiny “you owe me” types. I especially have never seen this type in seals, they are great people.
  
  The seals was a volunteer branch in a service he volunteered in. He deserves everything he was promised, he does not get a retirement nobody gets if they do less than 20. It’s sad to see, but the “entitlement attitude” seems to be bleeding over into the military.
  
  These remarks have nothing to do with my respect for his service and I DO believe an exception should be made to protect him and his family since he killed obl. Odumbo passed lifetime protection for himself and his family and this guy deserves it more.
  
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- Toltepeceno
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:47am
  Gonzo He volunteered for the seals, it’s really no different.
  
  Sheepdog, as a vietnam vet I have “been there and done that”. 12 years worth.
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 12:47pm
  Toltepeceno, I know that and I am grateful that he did volunteer. That’s why I’m proposing a pro rated system where a 12 year vet gets something less than a 16 year vet and a 16 year vet get something less than a 20 year vet. The country owes men like him (and you) a little more than a thank you though. If they would first balance the budget, we could afford things like that.
  
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- Toltepeceno
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 1:55pm
  Gonzo I won’t/can’t argue with you on that part. I would be all a pro rated retirement system, something does not smell right about this interview though.
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 2:22pm
  Toltepeceno, I agree on that point as well. The guy definitely has an axe to grind and I don’t think this is the right way to go about it. I have read more about this guy than this article and I think he has a point about the way he has been discarded after 16 years of maybe the toughest military service today.
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 2:24pm
  Stinking Senators get a pension and healthcare for life after one term for Pete’s sake!
  
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SquidVetOhio
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:09am
Many people want to help this guy. The problem is, we can never find out who this guy is. If we do, every Johnny Jihad in the middle east will be trying to kill this guy or his family. Pray for him.

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banjarmon
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:08am
SHAME on this administration for treating OUR VETS as low dirt!!!!!
TIME to exercise our SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS AN RID OUR COUNTRY of BHO AND HIS MINIONS!!!

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Gonzo
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:49am
Wasn’t there a price on Bin Laden’s head? Shouldn’t this guy get it? How many millions have gone down the rabbit hole in Afghanistan and this guy can’t get insurance or a job? We can do better.

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 12:10pm
  GONZO, That would be nice, but it like the cop who captures a fugitive bank robber. He never gets the reward either since it was part of his job.
  
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RightUnite
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:42am
Heheheheh! That MUST be guy thing! Hehehehehehe!

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