official nine thousand five hundred copies of operation dark heart and by lieutenant colonel anthony shaffer have been destroyed by the pentagon a pentagon spokesman confirmed yesterday that military officials last week watched st martin's press hoped the books to be recycled at a cost of forty seven thousand dollars now if you need me to refresh your memory she for his book which is a memoir on being on the front lines in afghanistan afghanistan has caused a stir as the pentagon after approving manuscripts decided that it contains sensitive material and had to be banned but you know when the new york times got ahold of the original version and compared it to the redacted one well they found some of the black dog material was stuff you could easily find on wiki leaks on google so what possibly could have struck such a chord with the pentagon or earlier i caught up with retired lieutenant colonel anthony shaffer himself and i asked the author to tell me the truth what did he write it was so bad. you know i say actually question i'm still fascinated having sat in a room with do you do you have

author, lieutenant colonel anthony shaffer said the army vetted it before it was published.e joins us live from d.c. good to see you. >> good to see you. how are you? >> good. we put out calls to the department of defense to get their side of the story, and we're still waiting for that opportunity to hear their end of the story. although there are a number of quotes, statements from various people. we'll get through that in a moment. first of all, what was your understanding about what you were and were not allowed to publish based on your experience while in afghanistan? >> right. the book was actually contracted with my publisher almost two years ago. and at the very point in time that this happened, i notified my army chain of command of the event, that i was going to be writing a book about my experiences in afghanistan and sought guidance. obviously, as an intelligence officer, i knew i had to have it vetted and reviewed. according to my lawyer, mark zade, the organization is responsible for clearing your book. in this case since i'm an army reserve officer, i gave it t

now the uproar is over the planned release of operation dark heart this is a book written by anthony shaffer a former defense intelligence agency officer analysts had a colonel in the army reserve now the debate is over whether the book reveals too many military secrets which the. gone clearly felt it did hence their plans to buy and destroy all ten thousand copies of it fahrenheit four fifty one style now all of this despite the fact that the army reviewed the book suggested various changes to it back in january and then signed off on it once those changes were made to as we told you people inside the publishing industry and intelligence agencies say that they have never seen a case like this or an agency wants to dispose of the book that's already been printed so what could it possibly contain that's so sinister well the new york times got a copy of the book that was sent out to reviewers and they compared it to the new redacted version and you will absolutely be shocked by the critical information that shaffer almost made public let's say to begin with the n.s.a. has been located in fort

great lengths to stop the release of a book called operation dark heart now this is written by anthony shaffer a former defense intelligence agency officer and a lieutenant colonel in the army reserve too there's a debate over whether this book reveals too many military secrets now keep in mind the army reviewed and suggested various changes to the book back in january and then signed off on it but when it came time for the book to be released the pentagon for some reason objected now disputes between the government and former intelligence officials over whether their books reveal too much happen often but the pentagon is so worried about this book that they've actually offered to buy the first ten thousand copies of operation dark heart that are already printed and then to destroy them themselves now people inside the publishing industry and intelligence agencies say that they've never seen a case like this where an agency wants to dispose of a book that's already been printed talk about a waste of paper right now the defense department is concerns over the names of american intelligence offi

the book deals with lieutenant colonel anthony shaffer's time in afghanistan leading a black ops teamth changes approved by the pentagon. ebay offering an unedited first edition for $10,000. shaffer says the digital age makes it impossible to suppress information. >>> now to chile. a new step forward in the rescue operation for the trapped miners. a capsule that rescuers hope will ferry the men to the surface one by one has arrived at the san jose mine. it was delivered ahead of schedule although the government is sticking with its estimate of a rescue by early november. an accident trapped those 33 miners back in early august. >>> for years, bishop eddie long has encouraged people to believe in god. this morning he's asking people to believe in him. long will respond publicly for the first time to accusations from four young men who claim he coerced them into sexual contact. each has filed a lawsuit against this popular pastor of new birth missionary church in suburban atlanta. in a statement released last week, the pastor denied the allegations. this morning's schedule. worship serv

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good things in afghanistan but we've got to get the right policy in place. >> lieutenant colonel anthony shafferto tell our viewers, cnn received this response boy "operation dark heart" from lieutenant general ronald burgess with the pentagon's defense intelligence agency. he says, the dia's investigation identified significant classified information the release of which i had determined could reasonably be expected to cause serious damage to national security. the manuscript contains secret activities of the u.s. special operations command, cia and national security agency. we'll continue to follow this story. >>> go ahead, quit your job. quit your job day. this is quit your job day. how do pursue your passion and make a living on youtube. i'm ahmed mady and i'm a homebuilder. my father brought me up to give back to society... felicia jackson promised her late sister that she would take care of her children. but she needed help. i used my american express open card to get half a million points to buy building materials to help build the jackson family a new home. well, i know if my dad was sti

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and last hour i spoke with the author, lieutenant colonel, anthony shaffer, about what it was like havingit the book for the second printing. >> i sat through the process of going through the redactions. the army directed me after -- the department of defense, primarily defense intelligence agency had trouble with the manuscripts. the whole process was where two different starns were used, the standard i used and the standard the d.o.d. applied were vastly different. that's why i think you see the drama which unfolded and the interest of d.o.d. to come in and change things the way they did. and, you know, i can't argue against d.o.d. they have a perring on tifr to do this. however, i've said several times that the way they looked at it wasn't appropriate by the fact that they didn't bother to check with the sourcing of my research assistant and everything that she did to make sure that everything was found in the open public sector in some form, or the individuals who had worked with me in the army to actually go through item by item. i mean, they had tons of questions i had to answer rel

this right here is "operation dark heart" but lieutenant colonel anthony shaffer. this is the second printing of the book, the one you can buy now. and if you open it up, you can see now it contains blacked out passages at the government's behest. this is what the pentagon is willing to let you buy. a book with blacked out passages. what are we really talking about here? well, colonel chauffeur has seen nearly 10,000 copies of his book now destroyed. colonel shaffer says it all smacks of retaliation to him. and here's a bit more of what he's had to say about it all. >> there are some things the army felt they did not want in, and i took them out. there was no argument. if they felt it was sensitive or couldn't be referenced properly, it was out. and that was completed by january of this year. and from there, after i received written permission, the written documents went to the publisher, then we moved forward. >> written permission. so why did it all get destroyed? well, by all accounts what colonel shavffer is saying he submitted the book to his immediate bosses,