Seven Navy SEAL Team Six members, who worked as paid consultants for the developers of Medal of Honor Warfighter, have been punished by the military for revealing confidential information.
CBS reports that one of the SEALs took part in the infamous Osama bin Laden mission, and that four other active duty operatives who have transferred from Team Six are being investigated under the same charges. Deputy commander of Naval Special Warfare Command Admiral Garry Bonellii states, "We do not tolerate deviations from the policies that govern who we are and what we do as sailors in the United States Navy."
The punishment, which would "kill their chances for promotion" and cut their salary in half for two months and "send[s] a clear message throughout our force that we are and will be held to a high standard of accountability," says the Admiral.
Fox News notes "it is unclear what secrets members of SEAL Team Six gave away, but while serving as consultants for the game, they used classified material which had been given to them by the Navy."
Medal of Honor: Warfighter was not kindly received by critics, as complaints of technical problems and a familiar, tired military shooter feel plagued reviews.
EA will release a pair of maps known as Darra and Chitral alongside the release of Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty film, which depicts the raid that killed bin Laden.
The publisher states, "Darra is home to dozens of back-alley shops and self-taught machinists making guns by hand. Chitral is highly inaccessible and was thought to be one of Bin Laden's hideouts -- only those with the capabilities of total surprise will successfully penetrate the compound."