A former US Navy SEAL who wrote a book on the killing of Osama bin Laden has filed a lawsuit against his former lawyers for giving him bad advice that cost him both his reputation and US security clearance.
The ex-Navy SEAL reportedly filed the lawsuit in federal court in Manhattan under the pseudo name "Mark Owen".
According to CBS News, his 2012 book, "No Easy Day," based on the Abbottabad operation, prompted a Pentagon inquiry that evolved into a criminal probe by the Justice Department, over whether the book disclosed classified information.
The former Navy SEAL had to forgo much of the book's proceeds to the government.
In the lawsuit, Owen seeks unspecified compensatory damages, saying his losses will amount to at least 8 million dollars after he agreed to surrender most of the book's income, the report said.
He further stated that he would also lose consulting jobs, speaking engagements and future employment as a result of his ex-attorneys' bad advice.
