ONE OF THE NAVY SEALS WHO SHOT OSAMA BIN LADEN IS NOW UNDER CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION FOR TELLING HIS STORY - "60 MINUTES" SUNDAY

"Mark Owen" Apologizes for Not Showing His Book to the Military First

The Navy SEAL who was one of the men who shot Osama bin Laden and then went public with his story of the raid on the terrorist leader's compound is now under criminal investigation. "Mark Owen," the pseudonym used by the former SEAL for security reasons, speaks to Scott Pelley about his ordeal for a 60 MINUTES story to be broadcast Sunday, Nov. 2 (7:30-8:30 PM, ET/7:00-8:00 PM, PT) on the CBS Television Network.

Owen told his story on 60 MINUTES in 2012 and in a book called "No Easy Day." He says that his then-lawyer advised him he did not need to pre-clear his book with the military. But for two years the government has come after him, seeking to confiscate the profits from the book. And just eight weeks ago he was questioned for 10 hours by government investigators about the book and the 60 MINUTES interview as part of a newly-opened criminal investigation. Owen has been shunned by the SEAL command and some former colleagues and also has a mountain of legal bills. Nothing in his SEAL training prepared him for this, he tells Pelley. "I would go back overseas today and deal with fighting ISIS face to face rather than deal with the last two years again."

He also tells Pelley that when he reached out to his former commanding officer, "I got a text message back saying... 'DELETE ME.' So that was tough to take."

Owen's lawyer, Bob Luskin, says the government seems to be making an example out of Owen, while ignoring other people who have divulged information to a magazine, the author of the book, "The Finnish," and to Hollywood about the raid. "There's clearly something outlandish about a process in which... people are free to leak classified information to the person who wrote the New Yorker article, Mark Bowden, to the folks who produced "Zero Dark Thirty," says Luskin. "The only person held accountable is the person who risked his life," he says.

Is Owen sorry he didn't let the government look at his book first? "Yeah, sure, absolutely. I did not set out to bypass any rules. I felt that I was doing everything the right way, legally. Obviously that was a mistake... I'm very sorry about that."

Owen has a forthcoming book called "No Hero." This time, he has cleared it with the military.

CBS News will not identify "Owen" for security reasons. A make-up artist was employed to disguise his appearance and sound manipulation was used to mask his real voice for his 60 MINUTES appearance in 2012 and for this most recent interview.