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CIA keeps manuscript away from its own author
Before he began his 25 years of field work as an intelligence officer
in the US military, Lt Col Anthony Shaffer probably didn’t think he’d
be writing a tell-all book decades later.
He probably didn’t think he’d have to take the CIA to court, either.
But
now as Shaffer tries to take the Pentagon and CIA to court over
censorship issues involving his memoir, Operation Dark Heart, the
officer finds himself in limbo as the government won’t hand back the
manuscript he wrote himself — leaving him with nothing to base his case
on.
Shaffer’s problems with his book began years ago. He submitted
it to the US Army for review in 2003 and it took seven years for the
memoir to finally hit the shelves of stores. The government granted him
an okay to get Dark Heart published following a series of reactions, but
revoked their permission in order to make a few more changes. By that
point, however, 10,000 copies had already been printed and the Pentagon
had to purchase every copy and destroy them to protect what they said
was classified information. A few copies survived the snatch though, and
a more heavily edited edition was eventually released..... MORE
Source: RT.com
URL: http://rt.com/usa/news/cia-shaffer-operation-classified-713/
The massacre watch
By LUIS V. TEODORO
Vantage Point | BusinessWorld
When the Ampatuan Town Massacre of Nov. 23, 2009, occurred and its
brutal details were known, it provoked attempts at self-examination
among many media advocacy and journalists’ groups, and even in some of
the newspapers and broadcast networks that for years had been ignoring
the killing of journalists.
Among the questions these groups and some communication academics
asked then, and have since been asking, is whether the Massacre has
imposed on the media such supposedly additional responsibilities as
providing more information than the daily news agenda makes available,
and analysis and interpretation beyond the usual front-page, op-ed and
evening news menu of politics and scandal.
The Massacre has since become an international symbol of the perils
journalists face in failing and failed states (international media watch
and press freedom groups have declared Nov. 23, 2011, the International
Day to End Impunity). It was not only election-related. It was also the
worst attack in Philippine history on the press as a necessary
institution of democracy..... MORE
Source: Bulatlat.com
URL: http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/11/18/the-massacre-watch/
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