Alexandria, VA US District Judge Gerald Lee has firmly supported the CIA’s pre-publication review process for books by agency employees and former employees–including their common practice of taking their own sweet time in commenting on manuscripts. Judge Lee ruled against pseudonymous author Ishmael Jones and his book THE HUMAN FACTOR: Inside the CIA’s Dysfunctional Intelligence Culture from Encounter Books. Jones published his book without the agency’s permission, after being denied approval on the first version of his manuscript, and receiving only partial approval for a revised version. Attorney Laurin Mills had asserted that the CIA breached the pre-publication review agreement […]
