The new story of the death of Osama bin Laden

The new story of the death of Osama bin Laden
By Peter Bergen
CNN National Security Analyst
updated 4:18 PM EST, Tue February 12, 2013

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Esquire published interview with ex-Navy SEAL who says he shot bin Laden
Peter Bergen: His account differs from another SEAL who wrote bestseller "No Easy Day"
He says "the Shooter" gave an account that matches physical evidence on the scene
Shooter left military before he became eligible for pension

Editor's note: Peter Bergen is CNN's national security analyst, the author of "Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for bin Laden -- From 9/11 to Abbottabad," and a director at the New America Foundation.

(CNN) -- On Monday Esquire magazine published a massive profile of the Navy SEAL who says he shot Osama bin Laden.

Weighing in at some 15,000 words, the story does not identify the killer of al Qaeda's leader by his real name and refers to him only as "the Shooter."

Clearly the Shooter wanted to maintain something of the code of silence that is pervasive among the covert warriors of SEAL Team 6, the unit that mounted the bin Laden operation.
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