Posted by Jonathan Adler:
Obama's Books Raise National Security Concerns?!?
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_07_05-2009_07_11.shtml#1247236336
The [1]AP reports:
Ahmed Omar Abu Ali is serving a 30-year sentence at the federal
supermax prison in Florence, Colo., for joining al-Qaida and
plotting to assassinate then-President George W. Bush. Last year,
Abu Ali requested two books written by Obama: "Dreams from My
Father" and "The Audacity of Hope."
But prison officials, citing guidance from the FBI, determined that
passages in both books contain information that could damage
national security. . . .
Prison officials cite specific pages - but not specific passages -
in the books that they deem objectionable. They include one page in
Obama's 1995 book, "Dreams from My Father," and 22 separate pages
in his policy-oriented 2006 book, "The Audacity of Hope." It was
not immediately obvious what passages might have been deemed
problematic, though nearly half of the pages cited are in a chapter
devoted to foreign affairs.
(Hat tip: [2]How Appealing.)
References
1.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SUPERMAX_OBAMAS_BOOKS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
2. http://howappealing.law.com/070909.html#034690
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