Pentagon tries to buy entire print run of US spy expose Operation Dark Heart

[go west young man]

Source: The Guardian UK

The US defence department is scrambling to dispose of what threatens to be a highly embarrassing expose by the former intelligence officer of secret operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and of how the US military top brass missed the opportunity to win the war against the Taliban.

The department of defence is in talks with St Martin's Press to purchase the entire first print run on the grounds of national security.

There is suspicion that the defence department is less concerned with the nitty gritty of classified material than its broader story of intelligence forays in to Pakistan and his claim that top US military leaders blew an opportunity to win the war years ago.

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. He led a group that called themselves the Jedi Knights and specialised in "black ops" including "striking at the core of the Taliban" inside Pakistan. 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.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/sep/13/pentagon-afghanistan-spy-book-pulp

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When will our military quit trying to hide their mistakes? You can't learn anything
if you continue to cover up lies and deceit.

[jtuck004]

1. 2nd printing planned, St. Martin's Press will be listed as defense contractor. n/t

[Scuba]

2. That pretty much guarantees it'll be a best-seller. n/t