CIA releases and later reclassifies much of former officer's book, ..

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lawsuit says

KATHERINE SHRADER

WASHINGTON (AP) - A member of the CIA's first post-9/11 class is alleging in a federal lawsuit that the agency violated his First Amendment rights by ordering dozens of deletions in his book about spy training after initially approving it.

T.J. Waters was chosen from more than 150,000 who submitted their resumes to the CIA, hoping to contribute personally to the U.S. government's counterterror operations. He worked for the agency from 2002 to 2004, going through training for the clandestine service but ultimately joining the CIA's intelligence analysis division for a short time. <snip>

Waters is going through the established publication process. His lawyer, Mark Zaid, said Waters submitted his book to the agency in May 2004 and, by September 2004, only four words were blocked from publication. Waters resubmitted changes for a final review just over two months later.

But last month, after more than a year of waiting, the agency informed him that dozens of deletions would be required - many of them blocking previously cleared material, he said. The publisher, Penguin Group's Dutton, was planning to distribute the book next month. <snip>

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