Secrecy News on US Classification & 2 Headlines

BEHIND THE CENSORSHIP OF OPERATION DARK HEART By censoring Anthony Shaffer’s new book “Operation Dark Heart” even though uncensored review copies are already available in the public domain, the Department of Defense has produced a genuinely unique product:  a revealing snapshot of the way that the Obama Administration classifies national security information in 2010. With …

Secrecy News Headlines

**      AID TO FLOODED PAKISTAN SLOW TO MATERIALIZE **      AMERICAN JIHADIST TERRORISM, AND MORE FROM CRS **      INDICTMENT AGAINST PHYSICIST IS HIGHLY ENRICHED

Secrecy News Headlines

**      NEW Foreign Relations of the US VOLUME SHOWS DECLASS STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES **      FORMER LOS ALAMOS PHYSICIST CHARGED WITH SELLING NUKE INFO **      HOME FORECLOSURES AND SECURITY CLEARANCES

Secrecy New Extract: DIA Seeks to Classify Reality

PENTAGON DELAYS PUBLICATION OF NEW BOOK The Department of Defense says that a forthcoming book about the war in Afghanistan contains classified information, and that it should not be put on the market in its current form.  Instead, the Pentagon is considering whether to purchase and destroy the entire first printing of the book, “Operation …

Secrecy News Headline: State Secrets vs. Rule of Law

STATE SECRETS VS. THE RULE OF LAW The inherent tension between the state secrets privilege and the rule of law reached the breaking point last week when an appeals court dismissed the claims of several persons who said they were illegally transported and tortured through a CIA “extraordinary rendition” program.  They would not be permitted …