CIA probes publication review board over allegations of selective censorship
Source: Washington Post
The CIA has begun an internal investigation into whether a process designed to screen books by former employees and protect national security secrets is being used in part to censor agency critics, U.S. officials said.
The investigation coincides with the publication of a flurry of new books from CIA veterans, and it is largely aimed at determining whether some redactions have been politically motivated.
Among the publications expected to get particular scrutiny is a memoir by the former head of the CIA’s clandestine service, Jose A. Rodriguez Jr., who used his book, “Hard Measures: How Aggressive CIA Actions After 9/11 Saved American Lives,” to mount a vigorous defense of interrogation methods that were widely condemned but, he asserts, provided critical intelligence about al-Qaeda.
The target of the probe is the agency’s Publications Review Board. Known as the PRB, the panel evaluates hundreds of submissions each year, and it is supposed to focus exclusively on whether publication of material would threaten national security interests.
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