The former SEAL Team 6 member, who uses the pseudonym Mark Owen but has been widely identified as Matt Bissonnette, was scheduled to appear in his first interview on CBS’ “60 Minutes” Sunday night. Excerpts were released earlier in the day Sunday.
CBS News said that they had employed a makeup artist to disguise Bissonnette’s appearance and sound manipulation was used to mask his real voice for his 60 Minutes interview. His book, "No Easy Day," went on sale this week.
“I figured these were the-- probably some of the most important photos I'd ever take in my life,” Bissonnette told Pelley. “So you know, make sure I do it right, get good angles, and all this other stuff. But, you know, you got to clean off the face, so...[its] identifiable as possible. So one of my buddies had a CamelBak with some water in it. Got some, you know-- spread some water on him, took a sheet off the bed, kind of wiped the blood off and then took photos.”
“Wiping the blood off of Osama bin Laden's face? And you shot pictures of his face in a profile. Can you describe what they look like,” Pelley asked, talking about photos that still have not been released to the public.
“They're pretty gruesome,” Bissonnette said.
Bissonette also told Pelley that a “wicked smart” woman was at the center of the plan to kill bin Laden. She had been tracking the terrorist leader for 5 years.
Only referred to as "Jen," she was convinced bin Laden was hiding at the compound in Abbotabad, Pakistan, where he was found.
She travelled with the SEALs to Afghanistan ahead of the raid and briefed them on what they were likely to find. "I can't give her enough credit. In my opinion she kind of teed up this whole thing," Bissonnette said.
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