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What Happened on the Third Floor | Matt Bissonnette | Ep. 458

2026-07-13 · 202 min · 20 entities

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    rd floor of the bin Laden compound. In 2012, writing as Mark Owen, he published No Easy Day — and spent the next decade paying for it. The DOJ came after him for skipping
  • → appeared on Cleared Hot - Powered By BRCC podcast
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    What Happened on the Third Floor | Matt Bissonnette | Ep. 458
  • → hosted by Andy Stumpf person
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    Feed author/publisher: Andy Stumpf
  • → hosted by Cleared Hot person
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    Feed author/publisher: Cleared Hot
  • → discusses Society & Culture concept
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    Feed category: Society & Culture
  • → references CLEAREDHOT⁠ website
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    Link in episode "What Happened on the Third Floor | Matt Bissonnette | Ep. 458": https://betterhelp.com/clearedhot
  • → references montanaknifecompany.com website
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    Link in episode "What Happened on the Third Floor | Matt Bissonnette | Ep. 458": https://montanaknifecompany.com/
  • → references clearedhotpodcast.com website
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    Link in episode "What Happened on the Third Floor | Matt Bissonnette | Ep. 458": https://clearedhotpodcast.com/
  • → references theoperatorcode.com website
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    Link in episode "What Happened on the Third Floor | Matt Bissonnette | Ep. 458": https://theoperatorcode.com/
  • → references mattbissonnette.com website
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    Link in episode "What Happened on the Third Floor | Matt Bissonnette | Ep. 458": https://mattbissonnette.com/

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  • mentioned CLEAREDHOT⁠ website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "What Happened on the Third Floor | Matt Bissonnette | Ep. 458": https://betterhelp.com/clearedhot
  • mentioned montanaknifecompany.com website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "What Happened on the Third Floor | Matt Bissonnette | Ep. 458": https://montanaknifecompany.com/
  • mentioned clearedhotpodcast.com website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "What Happened on the Third Floor | Matt Bissonnette | Ep. 458": https://clearedhotpodcast.com/
  • mentioned theoperatorcode.com website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "What Happened on the Third Floor | Matt Bissonnette | Ep. 458": https://theoperatorcode.com/
  • mentioned mattbissonnette.com website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "What Happened on the Third Floor | Matt Bissonnette | Ep. 458": https://mattbissonnette.com/
  • references CLEAREDHOT⁠ website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "What Happened on the Third Floor | Matt Bissonnette | Ep. 458": https://betterhelp.com/clearedhot
  • references montanaknifecompany.com website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "What Happened on the Third Floor | Matt Bissonnette | Ep. 458": https://montanaknifecompany.com/
  • references clearedhotpodcast.com website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "What Happened on the Third Floor | Matt Bissonnette | Ep. 458": https://clearedhotpodcast.com/
  • references theoperatorcode.com website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "What Happened on the Third Floor | Matt Bissonnette | Ep. 458": https://theoperatorcode.com/
  • references mattbissonnette.com website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "What Happened on the Third Floor | Matt Bissonnette | Ep. 458": https://mattbissonnette.com/

persons 4

  • mentioned Andy Stumpf person
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    Feed author/publisher: Andy Stumpf
  • mentioned Cleared Hot person
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    Feed author/publisher: Cleared Hot
  • hosted by Andy Stumpf person
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    Feed author/publisher: Andy Stumpf
  • hosted by Cleared Hot person
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    Feed author/publisher: Cleared Hot

concepts 3

  • mentioned Society & Culture concept
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    Feed category: Society & Culture
  • mentioned Matt Bissonnette | Ep. 458 concept
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    What Happened on the Third Floor | Matt Bissonnette | Ep. 458
  • discusses Society & Culture concept
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    Feed category: Society & Culture

books 2

  • mentioned No Easy Day book
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    evidence rules-v5
    rd floor of the bin Laden compound. In 2012, writing as Mark Owen, he published No Easy Day — and spent the next decade paying for it. The DOJ came after him for skipping
  • references No Easy Day book
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    evidence rules-v5
    rd floor of the bin Laden compound. In 2012, writing as Mark Owen, he published No Easy Day — and spent the next decade paying for it. The DOJ came after him for skipping

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Episode description as stored
Matt Bissonnette grew up in a remote Alaskan village, read every SEAL book he could find, and made it all the way to SEAL Team 6. Fourteen years in the Navy, 13 straight combat deployments, team leader at the command, and one of the operators on the third floor of the bin Laden compound. In 2012, writing as Mark Owen, he published No Easy Day — and spent the next decade paying for it. The DOJ came after him for skipping pre-publication review, took every penny the book made, and left him on a 15-year payment plan. We get into what he actually saw that night in Abbottabad, the audio-recorded debrief, and why the competing narratives don't hold up tactically. Then the aftermath: 10-hour DOJ interrogations, being cut off from his own community, and getting to the point of putting a gun to his head. We also cover the hypocrisy of leadership selling their own stories, the award system, funerals he couldn't attend, and why he's now raising Wagyu cattle and self-publishing his third book, No Easy Way. No Easy Way:   https://mattbissonnette.com/ Join the Cleared Hot newsletter:   https://www.clearedhotpodcast.com Take the Operator Code Assessment:  https://www.theoperatorcode.com Today's Sponsors:  Montana Knife Company:  https://www.montanaknifecompany.com BetterHelp: Sign up and get 10% off at https://www.BetterHelp.com/clearedhot