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Former national security adviser John Bolton has written a book that has not received pre-publication approval from the government. I was a CIA officer, and I also wrote a book without prepublication approval, though the circumstances were different. The government's prepublication power comes from the Snepp case. In 1977, a former CIA officer named Frank Snepp wrote a book without prepublication approval that criticized the CIA's actions in Vietnam. The government sued him in civil court, won, and took Snepp's book money. The case established the government's ability to take profits from authors who publish without approval. The Snepp case...

My main job is to keep my job, to get reelected. It takes precedence over everything,' an anonymous member of Congress writes in a new book 'Voters are incredibly ignorant and know little about our form of government and how it works,' he writes 'It's far easier than you think to manipulate a nation of naive, self-absorbed sheep who crave instant gratification' One liberal news blogger claims the author is a Democrat 'The Confessions of Congressman X' will be released May 24 by a small Minnesota-based 'vanity press' publisher A new book threatens to blow the lid off of Congress...

A new book threatens to blow the lid off of Congress as a legislator has penned a tell-all about the worst parts of serving in the House of Representatives – saying that his main job is to raise money for re-election and that leaves little time for reading the bills he votes on. Mill City Press, a small Minnesota-based 'vanity press' publisher describes 'The Confessions of Congressman X' as 'a devastating inside look at the dark side of Congress as revealed by one of its own.' 'No wonder Congressman X wants to remain anonymous for fear of retribution. His admissions...