How Not To Censor A Book: Pentagon Makes a Best Seller -- Time Magazine

On Sept. 20, the U.S. Department of Defense oversaw the systematic destruction of 9,500 copies of Lieut. Colonel Anthony Shaffer's Operation Dark Heart: Spycraft and Special Ops on the Frontlines of Afghanistan — and the Path to Victory, his account of a six-month stint as a "black ops" officer for the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) in Afghanistan. The Pentagon said it was the first time it has ever destroyed a printed book because it contained classified information — but it may not have been in time to keep the secrets from circulating.

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More News On The Pentagon's Attempts To Limit The Sale Of A Book

The revenge of Operation Dark Heart (Interview With Lieut. Colonel Anthony Shaffer) -- Federal News Radio
Behind the Censorship of Operation Dark Heart -- Secrecy News
Examples of Why Pentagon Burned “Operation Dark Heart” -- AllGov
'Operation Dark Heart': Comparing The Censored Version With The Real Thing -- Huffington Post
The Book the Pentagon Burned -- OpEdNews