[cookcounty]

""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."

I doubt it. "Retaliation" requires some level of intelligence, whereas this is obviously stupid.

[Karliner]

Schaffer's stuff redacted yet Wikileaks flies, algore's lies fly, Obama's "recovery program flies, 60 billion to Saudi Arabia flies, czars fly, marxism, socialism, etc 'isms fly,bowing to thugs in tablecloths fly, accepting goat screwing and Bacha bazi boys is tolerant therefore flies but the truth is redacted. What's wrong with this story?

This is utter or in a goats case udderly rridiculous.

[ridesthemiles]

Did anyone think they would end up in the local military library?

[Grizzled Bear]

"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.

If information can cause damage to national security, it is likely classified as "Confidential." There are laws about releasing Confidential information. Before publishing/releasing information, military authors are required to clear their work through Public Affairs.

This doesn't add up...

[TomasUSMC]

Now we know how to sell books