Rob O’Neill, the former Navy SEAL who took credit for killing Osama Bin Laden – and became a Fox News contributor – has been arrested for driving while intoxicated in Montana.

From the New York Daily News:

The former Navy SEAL who says he fired the shots that killed Osama bin Laden was arrested Friday on a drunken driving charge after police found him asleep in a car parked at a convenience store in his Montana hometown.

… O’Neill denied drinking, gave different stories about where he had been and at one point told the officers he had taken prescription medication to help him sleep, [Butte-Silver Bow County Undersheriff George] Skuletich said.

O’Neill failed a field sobriety test and would not perform others. The officers brought him to jail, where he refused a test to determine his blood alcohol level. At that point, he was charged with driving under the influence, which is a misdemeanor, Skuletich said.

You may recall that there were questions about whether O'Neill really did kill Bin Laden. Regardless, O'Neill's self-glory did not go down well with his SEAL peers:

O’Neill’s claim of responsibility here has roiled the secretive world of US special operations forces. Others who took part in the raid have given slightly different accounts of the event, with shots coming from as many as three SEALs. O’Neill was the second man charging the room where Bin Laden was hiding, and others say the first man may have killed the Al Qaeda mastermind before leaping at two women in case they carried explosives.

...Still, SEALs are expected to keep their mouths shut, writes veteran Time military correspondent Mark Thompson. They sign non-disclosure agreements. Selflessness is supposed to be part of the special operations ethos.

O’Neill’s boast could have been a red flag about his character. But not to Fox News, apparently. CEO Roger Ailes called O'Neill "an American hero" and made him a paid contributor a few months after O’Neill went public.

O’Neill’s Twitter page, which he updated 23 hours ago, currently states he’s a contributor.