Posted on 09/25/2010 7:16:24 PM PDT by Justaham
Washington (CNN) -- The Department of Defense recently purchased and destroyed thousands of copies of an Army Reserve officer's memoir in an effort to safeguard state secrets, a spokeswoman said Saturday.
"DoD decided to purchase copies of the first printing because they contained information which could cause damage to national security," Pentagon spokeswoman Lt. Col. April Cunningham said.
In a statement to CNN, Cunningham said defense officials observed the September 20 destruction of about 9,500 copies of Army Reserve Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer's new memoir "Operation Dark Heart."
Shaffer says he was notified Friday about the Pentagon's purchase.
"The whole premise smacks of retaliation," Shaffer told CNN on Saturday. "Someone buying 10,000 books to suppress a story in this digital age is ludicrous."
Shaffer's publisher, St. Martin's Press, released a second printing of the book that it said had incorporated some changes the government had sought "while redacting other text he (Shaffer) was told was classified."
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Is that a rat I smell? Just like magic there is now a second printing...and I bet his ranking on Amazon jumped a few hundred thousand places with this story.
That’s one way to sell copy.
>DoD decided to purchase copies of the first printing because they contained information which could cause damage to national security
1) Doesn’t that finance a second printing?
2) Was it something particularly damning to the higher-ups, like proof of a conspiracy to put illegitimate ideologues into offices of power?
Shaffer doesn’t strike me as the type to expose national secrets for personal gain. I suspect there are some partisan secrets that are in play here.
I remember when the pentagon boxed up his belongings and sent them to him....only to turn around and accuse him of theft.
Shafer was with the Able/Danger team that identified the 9/11 terrorists and was silenced by Clintons, Gorelick, and all the leftover Clinton goons in the Bush admin.
The second one, though, hits close to the mark.
Read the Fox News story about this Pentagon (DIA, actually) censorship and you'll have your answer. (I'm a bit surprised it hasn't been posted here, but give it time.)
You must have already looked . . .
It fits.
well i dont think tax payers should be paying for this
By their admission of their intent, his is actually a First Amendment violation (suppression of free speech) by an agency of the government.
The Feds don’t want the truth to get out.
Read the comments posted on this at Amazon.com - very interesting comments.
The Department of Defense recently purchased and destroyed thousands of copies of an Army Reserve officer’s memoir in an effort to safeguard state secrets, a spokeswoman said Saturday.
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The Department of Defense recently purchased and destroyed thousands of copies of the New York Times in an effort to safeguard state secrets, a spokeswoman said Sunday...
able danger part deaux?
From personal experience; LTC “Tony” Shaffer has stretched reality at times. Regards.
No further comment; SINE PARI out.
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