anthony-shaffer

CIA Won't Give Ex-Agent a Copy of the Book He Wrote Because It's Classified

John Cook · 11/16/11 01:55PM

Former military intelligence officer Anthony Shaffer is suing the Pentagon and the CIA over their extraordinary attempts to censor Operation Dark Heart, the book he wrote recounting his days as a military spy in Afghanistan and elsewhere. One problem he's run into: The government has the original unredacted manuscript he wrote. And it won't give him a copy. Because it's classified.