tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post448248155790397225..comments2024-02-08T07:32:20.315-06:00Comments on Steve Bates - Yellow Doggerel Democratic Views: Pentagon Buys Out, Destroys Book, Alleging Security ViolationsSteve Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post-63432833994857487042010-09-29T11:36:42.483-05:002010-09-29T11:36:42.483-05:00Bryan, it doesn't do the Pentagon any good to ...Bryan, it doesn't do the Pentagon any good to depend on citizens' personal stupidity in matters of security. If they didn't want the material in that book published, they should have rejected the redacted passages BEFORE it was in print. I'll bet there is more than that one copy of the original floating around out there somewhere.<br /><br />But the real irony is that apparently some of the "secrets" were readily available on the 'net, right out in public. Do you suppose they deliberately drew attention to the book, not for security reasons but for the benefit or detriment of the author?Steve Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post-22383599634570653182010-09-27T22:41:55.496-05:002010-09-27T22:41:55.496-05:00This is absurd beyond any possible reason. The on...This is absurd beyond any possible reason. The only people ever affected by this type of censorship are the American public.<br /><br />I have had this argument so many times:<br /><br />This is their information, so they obviously know it. It is readily available so they know that we know it. So, what is the point of classifying it?<br /><br /><i>We don't want them to know how we know it.</i><br /><br />You mean you don't think they look at their subscribers' list and know that the US Air Force is a subscriber to all of their periodicals and newspapers? Because that's what it says on the bloody mailing label.<br /><br />Like I said, a very old fight for me.<br /><br />Look at it this way, the author is an instant bestseller and is going to get a big royalty check. Everyone who received a review copy is going to make big bucks, and everything redacted is probably already on line.<br /><br />If the DoD had ignored the book, few people would even know it existed, but they don't think like that.Bryanhttp://whynow.dumka.us/noreply@blogger.com