White House Forces Censorship of New York Times

VE3OGG writes "It would seem that scientists are not the only ones facing censorship from the White House. According to several news sources the New York Times originally had intended to run an article co-authored by a former employee of the National Security Council, critical of the current administration's policies toward Iran. The article had passed the CIA's publication review board, but was later redacted on orders from the White House. Article authors Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann were former advisers to the White House, and thus all of their publications are scrutinized by a board before they can be published. Of the numerous documents this pair has published since leaving their positions, they say this was the first that was actively censored.

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Re:Nothing unusual or unconstitutional here

[Anonymous Coward]

I saw this guy talk about the issue on C-SPAN. As far as I know all of the following are true:

1. He does *NOT* work for the government anymore.

2. All information in his article is public knowledge combined from a variety of sources who have made public statements to the same effect.

3. The CIA reviewed the document and declared that it contained no sensitive information.

4. This isn't this characters first time doing this.. He's cleared some 30 different articles with the CIA and has not once including and until now had any issues.