OPERATION DARK HEART

[Duchess]

Given that we have known for years that the Bush adminstration was aware of the ⁹⁄₁₁ hijackers AND their agenda {before the events of 9/11} I don't know why this book is causing drama now. Release the fucking book so I can buy a copy.

Pentagon Fighting Release of New War Memoir, 'Operation Dark Heart'

In most cases, when a book that deals with potentially classified military information is due to be published, one of the United States's many government divisions inspect it, redact sensitive parts, and either let publication continue or stop it entirely. But a clash in opinion between the U.S. Army and the Defense Intelligence Agency may lead to the DIA buying up all 10,000 copies of the new memoir's first printing -- and promptly pulping the books.

As the New York Times reported today, the dispute centers around Operation Dark Heart, a memoir of five months spent as a soldier in Afghanistan in 2003 by Anthony Shaffer, a former DIA intelligence officer and lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve. The book was originally on track for an August 31 release by Thomas Dunne Books, part of the St. Martin's Press imprint of Macmillan. In January the Army had made its customary suggestions and redactions and greenlit the book, saying the branch had "no objection on legal or operational security grounds."

The same could not be said for the DIA, after it received a copy of Shaffer's manuscript in July. In the DIA's review, in conjunction with other intelligence divisions, they identified more than 200 passages suspected of containing classified information, much of it dealing with a pre-9/11 data mining project called "Operation Able Danger." Then, in an August 6 memorandum, DIA director Lt. Gen. Ronald L. Burgess Jr. wrote that the release of Operation Dark Heart "could reasonably be expected to cause serious damage to national security," because of the book's claims that "Able Danger" successfully identified hijacker Mohammed Atta as a threat to the United States before 9/11.

Now the DIA is in a bit of a bind. They plan on buying up the entire opening print run of Shaffer's book, which has been pushed back to a September 24 release, pending an agreement between St. Martin's and the Pentagon about what classified information needs to be blacked out. But several dozen copies of the original edition have already been sent to publications for review consideration (the New York Times bought its copy online). With information about the book emerging, the idea that the Pentagon can put a very expensive lid on the proverbial Pandora's Box seems short-sighted at best and ludicrous at worst.

Indeed, the very opposite effect seems to be taking place. "I admit I was unfamiliar with Operation Dark Heart," said Mother Jones' Daniel Schulman, "But now I can't wait to get my hands on a copy...mostly because the Pentagon does want me (or you) to." Shaffer's book is temporarily out of stock at Amazon (AMZN), because of the Pentagon's plans for the original print run, so the books are now sitting in a warehouse in Virginia. That means that as of 2 PM today Operation Dark Heart was ranked No. 4 among books sold by the online retailer. It could end up being the most unlikely bestseller of the year.

[IMaDick]

It wasn't just Bush that knew shit, the whole fucking government is responsible for the failure.

Clinton was handed Bin Laden and couldn't move because his dick was in monica's mouth.

[Maggot]

[pyropappy]

The book has been released. The first 10,000 copies are the problem. They are sitting in a warehouse; the government is negotiating to buy all 10,000 copies from the publisher. The Army signed off on the book, but after the first run was printed the DIA decided they did not like certain parts. They have invoked national security; the publisher incorporated changes into the second edition and it is available on Amazon.

Operation Dark Heart



If you want to read the truth about Bin Laden read "Imperial Hubris" by Michael Scheuer.

Imperial Hubris

Biography
Michael Scheuer is a twenty-plus-year CIA veteran. From 1996 to 1999, he served as the Chief of the bin Laden unit (aka Alec Station), the Osama bin Laden tracking unit at the Counterterrorism Center. He then worked as Special Adviser to the Chief of the bin Laden unit from September 2001 to November 2004. He resigned from the CIA in 2004. He is currently an Adjunct Professor of Security Studies at Georgetown University and a Senior Fellow at the Jamestown Foundation, writing regularly for its online publication Global Terrorism Analysis. He lives in Virginia with his wife and two children.

Another great book on how the politicians screwed us is "See No Evil" by Bob Baer.

See No Evil




Biography
ROBERT BAER is the author of two New York Times bestsellers: Sleeping with the Devil, about the Saudi royal family and its relationship with the United States; and See No Evil, which recounts Baer's years as a top CIA operative. See No Evil was the basis for the acclaimed film Syriana, which earned George Clooney an Oscar for his portrayal of Baer. Baer writes regularly for Time.com and has contributed to Vanity Fair, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. He is considered one of the world's foremost authorities on the Middle East.

[Maggot]

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