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Operation Dark Heart will soon see the light of day (final)
"Operation Dark Heart" by former US intelligence agent Lt. Colonel Anthony Shaffer promises to expose US failures that have greatly prolonged the "War on Terror". It will be on the shelves soon in spite of last minute interference by the Pentagon.
St. Martin's Press is currently negotiating with the Pentagon for the sale of it's entire first printing of "Operation Dark Heart" by Lt. Colonel Anthony Shaffer, formerly of US intelligence in South Asia. At this point, it seems the military has no way to stop publication of the book that promises to blow holes in the public image of US operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan. After the first run of 10,000 copies is gone, the usual thing for a publisher to do is print more.
Having not yet seen the light of day, the book is already headed on it's way up the charts.According to The Guardian:
"Shaffer describes in the book how he was part of the "dark side of the force" that operates outside the usual constraints of the military system...Similar claims are made by various intelligence agents who were dismissed or silenced in July and August of 2001, including Sibel Edmonds, a translator for the FBI who continues to struggle to make her story known.
...He says that US forces were gaining the upper hand until the military brass involved itself, curbing operations in Pakistan and permitting the Taliban to strengthen again.
Shaffer, who used the pseudonym Christopher Stryker, fell foul of his superiors several years ago after claiming that an intelligence programme he was working with identified Mohammed Atta as a terrorist threat to the US before he led the attacks on 9/11."
St. Martins Press will release "Operation Dark Heart" next week. How soon it will reach the shelves is still an open question.
David Roknich
Galesburg, Illinois
For more information:
http://worldwar4.blogspot.com/2010/09/oper...
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The one fact left out from this post is that the military has "negotiated" a greater degree of censorship since the first 10,000 copies were printed. 100 advance copies were distributed, and some have been sold on eBay.
The New York Times got one - in cases like this, I do not consider them as the most trusted source.
It's possible someone will get an eBay version and share the diiff publicly.
Let's hope it's wiki leaks.
The status of the first printing is still undetermined as far as I know - it supposedly has 250 instances of "secrets" that will be censored from subsequent printings.
This story is far from over.
Regardless of the condition this tome is in when it hits the streets, it will make a difference.
That's also the opinion the author expressed when queried by the NYT.
The New York Times got one - in cases like this, I do not consider them as the most trusted source.
It's possible someone will get an eBay version and share the diiff publicly.
Let's hope it's wiki leaks.
The status of the first printing is still undetermined as far as I know - it supposedly has 250 instances of "secrets" that will be censored from subsequent printings.
This story is far from over.
Regardless of the condition this tome is in when it hits the streets, it will make a difference.
That's also the opinion the author expressed when queried by the NYT.
For more information:
http://worldwar4.blogspot.com/
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