Huh. Fox reported that the seal plans to donate proceeds to charity.
I would be interested in reading it.
(08-23-2012, 01:25 PM)ramseycat Wrote: [ -> ]I would be interested in reading it.
I know. Me too. I'm a little conflicted about his failure to get approval. His free speech rights versus the potential for national security leaks.
He had an attorney or someone else review it but still...
I wonder if the administration could/would stop its publication if they felt it was a threat to national security.
(08-23-2012, 01:20 PM)username Wrote: [ -> ]Former seal at raid publishing book that hasn't been approved by DOD.
What do you think about this?
http://m.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/2...pe=article
There's no such thing as a former SEAL. No SEAL ever does anything without the express/explicit direction of the DOD.
Americans love the idea of something available that hasn't been "approved". There's no such thing as information avail. to the public that hasn't been approved.
Propaganda. Or as I like to call it total, ribald, unapologetic bullshit.
(08-23-2012, 01:56 PM)Riotgear Wrote: [ -> ] (08-23-2012, 01:20 PM)username Wrote: [ -> ]Former seal at raid publishing book that hasn't been approved by DOD.
What do you think about this?
http://m.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/2...pe=article
There's no such thing as a former SEAL. No SEAL ever does anything without the express/explicit direction of the DOD.
Americans love the idea of something available that hasn't been "approved". There's no such thing as information avail. to the public that hasn't been approved.
Propaganda. Or as I like to call it total, ribald, unapologetic bullshit.
Ha! I just sniped this from another article on the subject...
Congressional Republicans criticized the administration for granting generous access to policymakers and some intelligence and defense personnel to a Hollywood team preparing a film on the bin Laden raid for release later this year.
The fact that U.S. officials said the Obama administration was unaware of the book about the raid until Wednesday suggests it will be difficult for Obama critics to attack him over the new book.
It's called plausible deniability.
When I drove home from So Cal the Monday before last, listened to AM radio most of the way. There's a movie out now in independent theaters that's anti-Obama. The writer (Dinesh something) was interviewed; sounds like it's mostly focused on how badly Obama allegedly treats his family, particularly a brother in Kenya who is poverty-stricken (and who is featured in the movie, along with one of Obama's aunts).
The radio host and the writer went on and on about how Obama's a hypocrite for saying "we are all our brothers' keepers" in a speech, yet doesn't give money to his family. At the end of the interview, the writer made it clear that his book is coming out too and it's a supplement to the movie; a must-have if you want to be really informed. I'm sure there's no profit motive involved at all (eye roll). The collaboration between the Obama camp and the producers of the Bin Laden movie was also harshly criticized in the interview.
I question how much unbiased truth is contained in any of these works and whether much of the public is swayed by these sorts of releases, regardless of how much collaboration really exists between the politicians and the writers/producers.
