“Still, the idea of the Pentagon destroying books is unsettling.”

Unsettling? Hell! If Bush were President, Glynnis would be rioting in the streets.

Would’ve been cheaper to just make the literary agent ‘disappear’.

WTF is that about? Now let’s see if a reprinting comes out. Didn’t we just have a big uproar over the unAmerican practice of book burning. Now the department of defense is doing it?

Moderate,

Luckily GW Bush discovered a way to fight two wars without ever controlling or censoring on the ground information… Clearly leftist would have ushered in a revolutionary period if battle field operations had been less than totally transparent… Obviously you have made a great and constructive point!

Moderate said:
“Still, the idea of the Pentagon destroying books is unsettling.”

Unsettling? Hell! If Bush were President, Glynnis would be rioting in the streets.

Greg said:
Moderate,

Luckily GW Bush discovered a way to fight two wars without ever controlling or censoring on the ground information… Clearly leftist would have ushered in a revolutionary period if battle field operations had been less than totally transparent… Obviously you have made a great and constructive point!

In 2001, just after the 9/11 attacks, he was returned to active duty for a 30 month period , during which he commanded a DIA operating base (OB Alpha) and had two successful combat tours to Afghanistan.

Covering for “your” guy BUSH.

Sheesh!!!

Rightiswrong,

I was speaking ironically.

Off topic, but it must be said.
Alisyn Camerota is still the hottest news anchor on TV.

Shaffer signed a document agreeing to not disclose any information he obtained as part of his duties unless such information was approved by the Pentagon. If such information would present a danger to America, then IMO it should remain secret. I’m probably not any more confident in the intelligence level of those in the Pentagon who make such decision than most of you. But if the information harms America I’ll be first in line to castigate Shaffer.

Hard to tell if this book buying is Wikileaks on steroids or visa versa.

Greg said:
Rightiswrong,

I was speaking ironically.

Sorry, I missed that.
Color me WRONG.

or should I say I-is-wrong?

If you are not worried about the Pentagon burning books, you should be. What is next?

Karol said:
If you are not worried about the Pentagon burning books, you should be. What is next?

Karol, I would bet that this is the least of what has gone on at the Pentagon over the years. We just haven’t known about it.

I’ll repeat, if Shaffer published without approval from the Pentagon, he’s foolish. He had to sign an agreement not to do so in advance. I agree that a lot of foolish ideas and actions have come out of the Pentagon, but I do think we need a strong military force to protect us.

If he didn’t sign such an agreement, he is free to publish as much as he wants, so long as he accepts the Responsibility for any harm done by his disclosures. His purpose is to gain money, I believe, and isn’t that the American Way?

This is terrible! Who is in charge?

Of what?

Who does the pentagon answer to?

writer said:
Who does the pentagon answer to?

Right now they answer to that “cool kid” with the dreamy speeches.

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I have no problem with the Pentagon doing what they did, but if the author signed confidentiallty agreement then he was wrong to write what he did. The bigger problem is how in the hell did this book get written without the Pentagon approving what was put in?

Were they destroyed , …or are they in the warehouse next to the Lost Ark ?

Big Eddie said:
Were they destroyed , …or are they in the warehouse next to the Lost Ark ?

HMMMMMMMMM

that was a Really Cool scene

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YXw7BxYGMU

“Were they destroyed , …or are they in the warehouse next to the Lost Ark ?”

Over the years they will be sold on Ebay, bookburners know how to make money on the side.

Didn’t Hitler do something “like” this?

This is an awful commentary on the state of free speech in America. No government should be in the business of burning books, especially the US. There is a great video talking about the burning of Operation Dark Heart books here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT0qgjxJyRA

I’ve honestly never felt more worried for my country than I am right now.

I guess the US government doesn’t know about eBooks. It was available in digital format at release.

That’s government for you.

disgusted said:
Didn’t Hitler do something “like” this?

Godwins Law
Jinx – you guys owe me a coke!!!!!

Nothing should surprise us from the Military-Industrial Complex. Operating at the very highest level of dishonor during the BushDrunk years of arrogance, ignorance, mistrust & gross failure. The Pentagon stands proud as we “Nation Build. – and observe the Wounded, the Mutilated, and the Mad as they return from the Fool’s Errand in the Middle East. The Repugs’ appaling act of cowardice. The Pentagon has never been a breeding ground for Heroes. The book-destruction is but another atrocity of the phony so-called “War On Terror.” Never has Murcuh stood taller!!! Wiederbetaetigung!! Ya. Der abschaum der menschheit!

If the book contained no actual names of operative agents or other classified information, it seems the authors rights of free speech were bulldozed. The question then becomes: Who’s next?

timzank says:
Right now they answer to that “cool kid” with the dreamy speeches.

They also, on occasion, answer to American “anarchist, cognitive scientist, human rights activist, philosopher, political activist, professor of linguistics, (LOL!) Socialist” and a general, all-around Douchebag.

“Noam Chomsky thinks he’s the Moses of this age and even those on the Left who don’t agree with him on everything accept his moral authority. But Chomsky is a socialist who practices capitalism, and an anti-militarist who has made millions off of Pentagon contracts. –Peter Schweizer, Do As I Say (Not As I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy, October 25, 2005

Proletariat. Garsh, That’s a Big Word, Professor Chomsky. You’re My Heeero!

“In 1960, a Congressional commission studying government secrecy released a report in which it concluded our nation’s classification system was so abused by government officials that it had become ‘the first refuge of incompetents.’…The government’s decision to censor the book has gained widespread media attention and criticism, but the larger problem of overclassification has not been given the attention it deserves….”

We found some more (absurd) examples of the gov’t's “overclassification” most recently “in September 2010 case Mohamed v. Jeppesen, when five plaintiffs sued an airline company for participating in the CIA’s secret “extraordinary rendition” program”…read on at http://lasisblog.com/2010/09/30/classified-“top-secret”-from-the-absurd-to-the-criminal/