Pentagon burns 9500 copies of book
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By The Avalon Round Table
A CNN article titled, “Pentagon destroys thousands of copies of Army officer’s memoir” was just posted by Chris Lawrence and Padma Rama, CNN – September 25, 2010 in which the book “Operation Dark Heart” which describes Lt. Col Anthony Shaffer’s time in Afghanistan leading a black-ops team.
CNN stated that “The Department of Defense recently purchased and destroyed thousands of copies of an Army Reserve officer’s memoir in an effort to safeguard state secrets, a spokeswoman said Saturday.”
“DoD decided to purchase copies of the first printing because they contained information which could cause damage to national security,” said Lt. Col. April Cunningham who is a spokeswoman for the Pentagon.
In a statement to CNN, Cunningham said defense officials observed the September 20 destruction of about 9,500 copies of Army Reserve Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer‘s new memoir Operation Dark Heart.” – CNN
According to Scott Shane of the New York Times, “Defense Department officials are negotiating to buy and destroy all 10,000 copies of the first printing of an Afghan war memoir they say contains intelligence secrets, according to two people familiar with the dispute. The publication of “Operation Dark Heart,” by Anthony A. Shaffer, a former Defense Intelligence Agency officer and a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve, has divided military security reviewers and highlighted the uncertainty about what information poses a genuine threat to security.”
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The UK Guardian article posted by Chris McGreal describes the Pentagon as “scrambling’ to buy the first run of 10,000 copies of “Operation Dark Heart”, which now is destined to be an instant best-seller. The memoirs are published by St Martin’s Press, and negotiated with the Pentagon over National Security has been cited as the reason for the purchase.
“Shaffer describes in the book how he was part of the “dark side of the force” that operates outside the usual constraints of the military system. He led a group that called themselves the Jedi Knights and specialised in “black ops” including “striking at the core of the Taliban” inside Pakistan. He says that US forces were gaining the upper hand until the military brass involved itself, curbing operations in Pakistan and permitting the Taliban to strengthen again.” – Guardian.co.uk Monday 13 September 2010 21.17 BST
A more recent article from The Telegraph posted by Alex Spillius, dated September 26, 2010 10:25 PM BST stated that “The Pentagon has admitted buying up and destroying 10,000 copies of an insider’s account of life in Afghanistan by an army intelligence officer.” – telegraph.co.uk
The Pentagon went on record saying that it “decided to purchase copies of the first printing because they contained information which could cause damage to national security”.
The books were destroyed on September 20, 2010
Shaffer’s written testimony before Congress:
“Since coming out publicly in support of Congress and the effort to get the truth, I have been personally attacked, demonized by DIA security. Despite the fact that DIA security and DIA leadership have been given the exculpatory information that counter’s their allegations – and despite the fact that there has been verification from other individuals the existence and effort that was being made within ABLE DANGER I remain on the sideline without a clearance – even preparing this testimony without formal approval. The system is broken – if they can do this to me – slander and malign me and ignore exculpatory evidence – only look at bad issues and consider none of the successes and good work I’ve done over the past 23 years, they can (and would) do this to anyone who stands up to try and set the record straight.”
Shaffer made a protected disclosure to the 9/11 Commission staff director, Philip D. Zelikow, while undercover in Afghanistan in October 2003 regarding the existence of the ABLE DANGER program that had identified alleged 9/11 lead hijacker Mohammed Atta and three other al-Qaeda operatives operating in the United States prior to 9/11.
http://www.infowars.com/lt-col-anthony-shaffer-interviewed-on-the-alex-jones-show/
A source with close ties to the highest echelons of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) told WMR that personnel who worked for the DIA on the classified counter-terrorism data mining operation known as Able Danger were aware of the planned attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and other major facilities in Washington, DC, on 9/11 but their information was permitted, on purpose, to languish in the intelligence and law enforcement bureaucracies without any proactive measures being taken. Able Danger began during the Clinton administration but was sidelined by order to DIA from the Bush White House, the FBI, and the CIA. – Wayne Madsen Friday, Sept 11th, 2009
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