Navy veteran who beat CNN in defamation case now writing spy memoir

Zachary Younger, the U.S. Navy veteran who defeated CNN in a high-profile defamation case, is teaming up with “American Sniper” co-author Scott McEwen for an upcoming memoir “American Spy.”

Younger, who was educated by the CIA, efficiently claimed that CNN smeared him by suggesting he illegally profited by serving to individuals flee Afghanistan on the “black market” through the Biden administration’s navy withdrawal from the nation in 2021. In the course of the trial, Younger outlined his intensive coaching in issues like “brush passes” and different superior methods to change delicate data in hostile areas with out being detected.

“This guide pulls again the curtain on a world most individuals by no means see,” McEwen mentioned.

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Marine veteran Zachary Younger is teaming up with “American Sniper” co-author Scott McEwen for an upcoming memoir “American Spy.” (Zacharias Jong)

“[Young] lived the life that films are manufactured from. He operated in locations the place there are not any second probabilities and the place the choices you make decide who lives and who does not,” McEwen continued. “His story is uncooked, actual and inconceivable to overlook.”

In keeping with a press launch accompanying the guide, “American Spy” will inform the story of “an American who spent years working undercover in hostile environments and restricted areas, working within the hidden world of worldwide espionage.”

“American Spy” will observe Younger’s path from early recruitment to missions that positioned him in a few of the most harmful environments on Earth.

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Zachary Younger settled with CNN for an undisclosed quantity after a jury discovered he had been defamed by the community. (Jessica Costescu)

In January, a six-person jury determined that Younger owed $4 million in misplaced earnings and $1 million in private damages, reminiscent of ache and struggling, and mentioned damages had been warranted towards CNN. A settlement was reached earlier than the jury determined damages.

The jury foreman, Katy Svitenko, advised Fox Information Digital in her first post-trial interview that the jury was “prepared to go as excessive as $100 million, someplace within the neighborhood of $50 million to $100 million.”

Settlement phrases weren’t disclosed.

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CNN has beforehand mentioned it would study “helpful classes” from the choice.

“We stay happy with our journalists and are 100% dedicated to sturdy, fearless and truthful reporting at CNN, although we’ll after all study all of the helpful classes from this case,” a CNN spokesperson advised Fox Information Digital after the trial.

William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins, is predicted to launch “American Spy” in 2026.

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