interest is to ensure that he is permitted to tell it while recognizing the letter and spirit of the law and his contractual undertakings," Durkin said. The book's release was moved up a week to Sept. 4 after it shot up to the top of bestseller lists. In early reports on the book, Owen's telling of the raid that killed bin Laden contradicts the accounts from the Obama administration, as Owen says bin Laden was unarmed and shot before SEALs entered his room.