The Pentagon has burned 9,500 copies of Army Reserve Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer's memoir "Operation Dark Heart," his book about going undercover in Afghanistan.
A Department of Defense official tells Fox News that the department purchased copies of the first printing because they contained information which could cause damage to national security.'
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Damage to National security or secrets that they don't want the world to know about. Which is it?
ReplyDeleteBesides, burning the book and similar actions just generates interest and people will want to definitely read the book now. So, what have they achieved?
Anyway, the quote of the week should be:
"The truth cannot be burned".