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September 25, 2010
Pentagon destroys thousands of copies of Army officer's memoir - CNN.com
By Sheila Samples
The Department of Defense recently purchased and destroyed thousands of copies of Army Reserve Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer's new memoir "Operation Dark Heart." "The whole premise smacks of retaliation," Shaffer told CNN on Saturday. "Someone buying 10,000 books to suppress a story in this digital age is ludicrous."
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The Department of Defense recently purchased and destroyed thousands of copies of Army Reserve Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer's new memoir "Operation Dark Heart." "The whole premise smacks of retaliation," Shaffer told CNN on Saturday. "Someone buying 10,000 books to suppress a story in this digital age is ludicrous."Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.