>> reporter: but this is rob o'neill who told "the washington post" he fired the fatal shot. >> i'm proud of what i did, but my mission didn't end because i left the battlefield. >> reporter: o'neill who garners sparking fees telling tales from his time as a navy s.e.a.l. is a decorated veteran. o'neill had told his story anonymously in "esquire" magazine nearly two years ago describing how he confronted bin laden in his bedroom, firing twice to the forehead after he said the s.e.a.l. who was ahead of him fired and missed. he told "the post" he decided to go public spontaneously after meeting families of the 9/11 victims. he is now the second former s.e.a.l. team 6 member to tell details about the raid. matt wrote a best seller under a pseudonym saying, he, too, fired bullets at bin laden. both men have been criticized in the s.e.a.l. community. a special letter to the operations team which did not