Bin Laden Bestseller Loaded with Controversy

CBS Sixty Minutes will be the first to interview the ex-Navy Seal who penned the controversial book No Easy Day about the raid on Osama Bin Laden's compound in Pakistan.

The book is number one right now on the Amazon Best Seller List, although it's not available until Tuesday, September 4, 2012.

The book is shrouded in controversy because it was not cleared with the Obama Administration who oversaw the killing of Bin Laden. The worry is that this book might contain secrets that could compromise other missions or the Seals themselves.

From CBS News

The former SEAL Team 6 member, who uses the pseudonym Mark Owen, will appear in his first interview on 60 Minutes, Sunday Sept. 9 at 7:00 p.m. ET/PT.

As a security measure, CBS News will not identify "Owen" in any reports about his account of the raid; his face and voice were disguised for his 60 Minutes interview. His book about the raid, "No Easy Day," will be available next week.

. . . Owen's book was to be released on the anniversary of 9/11, but the release has been moved up to next week. There's been criticism that the book is timed to influence the election.

Mark Owen: My worry from the beginning is, you know, it's a political season. This book is not political whatsoever. It doesn't bad mouth either party, and we specifically chose September 11th to keep it out of the politics. You know, if these-- crazies on either side of the aisle want to make it political, shame on them. This is a book about September 11th, and it needs to rest on September 11th. Not be brought into the political arena, because this-- this has nothing to do with politics.

When word of the book was announced last week, a few news organizations discovered Mark Owen's real name and published it. As a result, he's a marked man -- in hiding -- probably for the rest of his life. We will not reveal his true name.