09-14-2010, 06:31 AM | #1 (permalink) | |
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Pentagon tries to prevent "Operation Dark Heart" from hitting the shelves
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Okay, basic question: where do you draw the line between classified material and the public's right to know? Is the Pentagon doing the right thing here, in terms of it being in their best interests? Is it doing more harm than good? Is it doing more good than harm? If the Pentagon wants to avoid embarrassment, this looks like a pretty big fail...and another embarrassment. Talk about instant best seller! What do you think?
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09-14-2010, 09:56 AM | #3 (permalink) |
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Looks like a book I would want to read. My reaction is:
1) My tax dollars being wasted on this shit?!? 2) All they are going to do with the profits is print 10K more copies.
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09-14-2010, 09:59 AM | #4 (permalink) | |
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It's now going to be the most highly anticipated/sought-after book in America.
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09-14-2010, 10:15 AM | #6 (permalink) |
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<ominous voice>
"Read the book the Pentagon doesn't want you to see..." </ominous voice>
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09-14-2010, 10:20 AM | #7 (permalink) | |
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suspect what this book seems so to say will read it, and that's about it.
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09-14-2010, 11:57 AM | #8 (permalink) |
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I disagree. It's the Pentagon and they're basically telling me I can't read a certain book. That makes me want to read that book. If the Pentagon of all people doesn't want me to read it, I should be reading it.
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09-14-2010, 12:07 PM | #9 (permalink) | |
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that for a vast majority of folks, if a book exposes something they would rather not see exposed, they will NEVER read it. Can't have our preconceptions challenged, after all.
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09-14-2010, 12:08 PM | #10 (permalink) |
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I have to wonder about this -- I would've thought that the pentagon would have some more effective means of preventing sensitive material from becoming public.
It almost feels like a publicity stunt, or would if there weren't actual public officials seemingly involved.
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09-14-2010, 12:27 PM | #11 (permalink) |
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Martian, very good point. If it was really damaging, you'd figure they would
break out the vatgrown ninjas and end the problem. Don't these guys sign ironclad nondisclosure agreements? I mean, they used his reserve status to prevent him from talking to the press.....
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09-14-2010, 12:46 PM | #12 (permalink) |
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this seems either like a publicity stunt or something that's been made into one as a function of the grinding process of redaction. my theory is the second, that lawyers engaged by the press found a way to use the process as an advertising tool by way of some ineptly written clause or other in the agreement to sell the initial run to dod.
my anarchist side thinks that's funny. well, all sides of me think that's funny, but my anarchist side was first to take responsibility for it. or something.
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09-14-2010, 01:12 PM | #13 (permalink) |
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Yeah something seems a little fishy about this. They cleared the book back in 2003 yet suddenly its mentioning of intelligence agents and other classified information is "shocking"? I'm not sure I really buy that, releasing classified information would be more then enough ground to arrest the author and prevent the release of the book...or at least block its release in court (I would think anyway). Bizarre.
Its rather hard to say if this would do more harm then good without knowing exactly what sensitive info is in the book.
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