lunes, 23 de mayo de 2011

The Pentagon bought all the copies of a book

The Pentagon bought all the copies of a book

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The Pentagon bought all the copies of a book on the war in Afghanistan

Acquired the 9,500 copies of the first printing of Operation Dark Heart and destroyed. Were the memoirs of a retired officer with classified information about war



The objective was to prevent the spread of embarrassing secrets and espionage missions U.S. Special Operations Command in Afghanistan. But the transaction, for almost $ 50 000, gave an unexpected boost while advertising the book, the edition that came out of circulation is achieved and paid the price on the internet now a rarity (2 billion U.S. dollars).

Under the government's argument that disclosure of classified data jeopardized the national security, the Pentagon put the money and then sent military observers to the publisher's Press Saint Marint to ensure that the copies become confetti. As if purchase of some thousands of texts could prevent the movement of content in the digital age.

In fact, several copies of the memoirs of Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer, an Army officer in the U.S., which reported on the Afghan front in 2003, were leaked to the press prior to the operation of the Pentagon.

In Washington, everyone speaks of the two hundred passages of Operation Dark Heart "for his translation into Castilian, which reveal secret information to U.S. intelligence.

The book provides, for example, details about terrorist incursions of international troops on the border with Pakistan. The unauthorized flights by Islamabad in Pakistani airspace in recent days generated crosses internal hard-at least in public, among the local Army and NATO.

Shaffer also claims that a secret Pentagon unit had identified Mohammed Atta, the ringleader of the attacks on the Twin Towers, before the 11-S. The independent commission appointed to investigate the terrorist attack would have dismissed the complaint.

In addition, we released the names of U.S. secret spies who were under the command of the author. Details are also provided intelligence on the operations of the National Security Agency, the U.S. Special Operations Command and the CIA.

After free marketing campaign that gave the Pentagon, the publisher is now preparing to launch a second edition. For this release, the company agreed to remove information seamlessly uncomfortable, anyway, the sales success is guaranteed.


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