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Article: Muzzling the messenger; The CIA and prepublication rights.(OPED)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- August 10, 2004
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Byline: Mark S. Zaid, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The anonymous author of "Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terrorism" made headlines recently when he condemned the Bush administration's decision to invade Iraq in 2003 and lambasted policy officials for trying to create a Western-style democracy in Afghanistan. While routine cocktail-party chatter often repeated these criticisms, what made these so unique was that they originated with a current employee of the CIA.
The book's publisher noted that the "U.S. government agency at which this author is employed required that 'approval for this manuscript is predicated upon the author ...