An LA Times blog takes an amusing approach to Barton Gellman’s book on Vice President Cheney, noting that the Washington Post has been “shamelessly flakking excerpts from the book on page one of its newspaper. But some portions are still embargoed.” They go on to reproduce an anecdote in the book in which Cheney has […]
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Spears Book Is the Embargo to Break
You didn’t see it on most of the fall preview round-ups, but the press has ample space for anything Spears and the AP has gotten a copy of Lynne Spears’ book THROUGH THE STORM well in advance of the September 16 laydown: Spears presents herself as a loving, selfless (she gave up her job as […]
Woodward: Bush Still in Denial
This time it’s Fox News that broke the embargo on the new Bob Woodward book. Their report doesn’t carry a lot of big revelations, though they note President Bush did sit with Woodward for two interviews for the new book, THE WAR WITHIN. They say Woodward is “less critical” of the president this time, though […]
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Crain’s NY reports that director of the film version of The Secret Drew Heriot has added Simon & Schuster to his long-running legal battle over copyright ownership and proceeds from the bestselling book. He alleges that the publisher’s license “violates [his] rights as a joint-owner,” and “is seeking undisclosed monetary damages, as well as a […]
Suskind Book Says White House Ordered Forgery
Ron SUskind’s just-released THE WAY OF THE WORLD charges that the White House instructed the CIA to “forge a back-dated, handwritten letter from the head of Iraqi intelligence to Saddam Hussein,” Politico reports, “designed to portray a false link between Hussein’s regime and al Qaeda as a justification for the Iraq war.” The book says: […]