https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Shaffer_(intelligence_officer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Shaffer_(intelligence_... >Shaffer published memoirs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Shaffer_(intelligence_officer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Shaffer_(intelligence_... >Shaffer published memoirs of his time as a reports officer in Afghanistan in book titled Operation Dark Heart. Shaffer claims that the Defense Department attempted to preserve secrecy of revelations made by the book, by buying up and destroying all 10,000 copies of the book's first, uncensored run, before allowing for the release of a second, censored printing. Only Shaffer himself has offered this version of events, which are not in keeping with Department of Defense policies on the public release of sensitive information in print. . Yes, if the goal was to censor the book, the US would have tried to destroy all copies of it.