FacebookThe Navy Seal who revealed himself as the man who shot Osama bin Laden is being investigated by military police for leaking secrets, according to reports.
Robert O'Neill, 38, who unveiled himself as the member of the Seal Tea Six team who killed the terror leader in a 2011 raid, is accused of revealing classified details of the raid, prompting a probe by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS)
Depending on the outcome of the investigation, he could face criminal charges from the elite federal bureau, according to the Daily Beast.
Mr O'Neill faced a backlash from former comrades angered both by his disputed version of events inside the al-Qaeda chief's Pakistan compound in March 2011 and his decision to go public.
In a letter to serving members of the Navy's Sea, Air, Land Teams, commonly known as Seals, Rear Admiral Brian Losey, Commander of the Naval Special Warfare Command (NSWC), and Force Master Chief Michael Magaraci suggested they should consider themselves "quiet professionals" who do not seek glory for missions.
Mr O'Neill, of Butte, Montana, served more than a dozen tours of duty in active combat, including Iraq and Afghanistan, undertaking 400 separate combat missions.
For his service he has been decorated 52 times, up to the level of senior chief petty officer before he left. He was awarded two Silver Stars - the military's third highest honor - as well as four Bronze Stars with Valor.
He was the lead jumper on the Maersk Alabama, the ship taken over by Somali pirates, whose rescue turned into the Oscar-winning movie Captain Phillips.
It has been reported that his decision to speak out was prompted by losing some of his military benefits by quitting the als after 16 years rather than completing a full 20 years of service.
Fox NewsFormer Navy SEAL Robert O'Neill speaks to Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy.
However, fellow Seals have questioned Mr O'Neill's story and there are now three different versions circulating of who delivered the fatal shot that took down America's public enemy number one during the raid conducted by more than 20 commandos moving rapidly through the hide-out in darkness wearing night-vision goggles.
Mr O'Neill is now the second Seal of the 23 involved in the raid to make his identity public.
Fellow Seal Matt Bissonnette has also claimed to be the man who fired the fatal shot, and wrote a book about his exploits.
Mr Bissonnette is already under investigation for revealing technical aspects of special operations in his book, No Easy Day, which he did not run past military censors before publication.
