Citing ‘national security’ concerns, prison officials ban Obama’s books.
Citing ‘national security’ concerns, prison officials ban Obama’s books.
Federal prison officials have banned an inmate from reading President Obama’s books, claiming that the books contain sensitive national security information which must be kept secret:
The federal government’s most secure prison has determined that two books written by President Barack Obama contain material “potentially detrimental to national security” and rejected an inmate’s request to read them. . . .
Prison officials cite specific pages – but not specific passages – in the books that they deem objectionable. They include one page in Obama’s 1995 book, “Dreams from My Father,” and 22 separate pages in his policy-oriented 2006 book, “The Audacity of Hope.” It was not immediately obvious what passages might have been deemed problematic, though nearly half of the pages cited are in a chapter devoted to foreign affairs.
In The Audacity of Hope, Obama writes that “the dealth penalty does little to deter crime” and explains his “basic principle that no innocent person should end up on death row.” Perhaps that’s just too sensitive for prisoners to read.
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Federal prison officials. Banning the President’s books. Because reading the President’s books poses national security risks.
Fire their taxpayer-funded redneck asses!
PEACE
July 10th, 2009 at 10:50 amWTF?????
July 10th, 2009 at 10:50 amif a book is available on the shelves of any book store it is not “detrimental to national security”
add in the fact that our current president wrote this book and it seems incredibly strange that anyone would be denied the opportunity to read it.
this is in a FEDERAL prison?!?!
there is absolutely no way obama’s book is in any way a threat to national security.
July 10th, 2009 at 10:53 amI find it sort of amusing that the very economic conditions wrought by the former Administration have now become the limiting factor on the death penalty
July 10th, 2009 at 10:54 amOkay, checking out the article, it appears that the inmate is a member of al Qaeda and is serving a sentence for plotting to assassinate President Bush.
Maybe there’s something to it, but it still seems like a violation of rights.
July 10th, 2009 at 10:55 amwhy don’t the NAZIs have a book burning in the prison yard?
the more they try to ban it….the more they want it.
July 10th, 2009 at 10:55 amHow about banning “My Pet Goat” instead?
July 10th, 2009 at 10:56 amWow!?!?!?
Why not just burn all copies in the town square. WTF!?!?!?
July 10th, 2009 at 10:57 amI wonder if they ban Tucker Max?
July 10th, 2009 at 10:58 amAre Americans becoming chickens once more, scared! First there is the issue of, Guantanamo pirsoners coming to your yards! nothwithstanding the fact that we are the most perwerful military on the planet. We already have terrorists in our yards and they never escaped as for the book, that is far fetched.
July 10th, 2009 at 11:00 amThe Bureau of Prisons is an arm of the Department of Justice and the Department of Justice is a part of the Obama Administration. I thought this was all weird until it dawned on me that the prison in quesiton is probably the super-max facility in Colorado Springs. Colo Springs is infested with right wing conservative whack jobs like Ted Haggard to list just a few. Is it really any wonder that the idiots would make a decision like this? I’ll bet the SES Warden of that prison will now wind up directing prison inmates in Barrow Alaska or Newark after making this lame-brained decision.
July 10th, 2009 at 11:02 amI would think prison officials would want Super Max inmates, particularly those incarcerated for plotting against the US to read Obama’s books as they are both inspirational and aspirational regarding the future prez’s love of and vision for America. Perhaps that concept is a bit too subtle for these guys.
July 10th, 2009 at 11:03 amAnd yet, they allow porn to pass freely through the prison system.
July 10th, 2009 at 11:09 amIs it Turkish porn by any chance?
July 10th, 2009 at 11:12 amSome things are difficult to believe and prison officials banning books written by our President is added to the list. Perhaps these prison officials could organize a book burning to entertain the inmates. There is nothing unique about printed matter that decries the death penalty. This sounds like yet another case of bureaucrats run amok.
Ye gods!
July 10th, 2009 at 11:14 amSo what are prisons teaching?
July 10th, 2009 at 11:14 amdbadass Says:
Is it Turkish porn by any chance?
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Occasionally, but far more likely to be the cheap Spanish variety…
July 10th, 2009 at 11:16 amPerhaps these same prison officials should allow the books written by George W. Bush be read in the cell blocks. Oh, that’s right, he didn’t write any books.
Ye gods!
July 10th, 2009 at 11:16 amNo Prisoner Left Behind…?
July 10th, 2009 at 11:21 amAs a sad observation, it may speak to the large numbers of mentally ill housed in America’s prison system.
July 10th, 2009 at 11:23 amGood grief, how dumb. Hopefully this will be fixed soon.
I think someone needs to be told to knock off their political biases.
July 10th, 2009 at 11:25 amRipped from the headlines – of “The Onion”!
What a bunch of dimwits.
July 10th, 2009 at 11:26 amstateofthedivision Says:
As a sad observation, it may speak to the large numbers of mentally running America’s prison system.
There, fixed that for you.
July 10th, 2009 at 11:27 amLuis Chapulin M Says:
As a sad observation, it may speak to the large numbers of mentally ill running America’s prison system.
Aaaaand now I fixed that for myself, even.
/next time, use Preview.
July 10th, 2009 at 11:29 amBut I am sure they allow all the coulter and wingnut crap in, right?
geeeesshh
July 10th, 2009 at 11:34 amchimpy might not have written any books, but I hear he is learning to stay within the lines with his crayons in coloring books.
July 10th, 2009 at 11:37 amI’m sure he would enjoy “Fortunate Son”.
Or maybe he already read it.
July 10th, 2009 at 11:46 amAnybody know how many terrorists obama let loose yesterday?
July 10th, 2009 at 11:56 amThe ONE book that PROVED to be a “detrimental to national security” was….
The Pet Goat, read by G.W. Bush on September 11, 2001.
July 10th, 2009 at 11:58 amthe same amount of functioning brain cells you have:
ZERO
July 10th, 2009 at 11:58 amAh was it 30,000. I heard it was 30,000….
July 10th, 2009 at 11:58 amTry getting your news from a more fair and credible source, hater tommy. obama let loose 5 hard core murdering terrorists yesterday. Nice, ay?
July 10th, 2009 at 11:59 amThe death penalty is fiscally irreasonsible and ineffective…
July 10th, 2009 at 12:00 pmRepublicans Love Facts Says: Anybody know how many terrorists obama let loose yesterday?
None?
Any idea how many terrorists named Osama Bin Laden George Bush captured over the past 7-plus years?
July 10th, 2009 at 12:01 pmRepublicans Love Facts
July 10th, 2009 at 12:03 pmShall we start by defining terrorists?Maybe later we can get to “hard core”….
Source, Republicans Love Facts?
July 10th, 2009 at 12:03 pmWe don’t want the clients of for-profit correctional facilities to realize how unjustly they are being treated to make a dikhead rich.
July 10th, 2009 at 12:03 pmHe ain’t got no source…
July 10th, 2009 at 12:05 pmThis is ludicrous. It would be understandable to ban books by Coulter, O’Reilly, etc., which are filled with hate, personal attacks, incitement of violence, and anti-government/Obama lies.
July 10th, 2009 at 12:16 pmdbadass Says: He ain’t got no source…
Well I know our government still hasn’t arrested Bush, Rice, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz so does that count as ‘letting loose’ “5 hard core murdering terrorists“?
July 10th, 2009 at 12:18 pmIn this instance, the devil may be in the details. We’re talking about a guy who joined al queda, plotted to kill President Bush, and is now in a Supermax facility asking for materials written by another president. Considering that al Queda is still considered a terrorist organization, whose leaders have stated in the past that the downfall of the USA is one of their goals, maybe depriving a member of anything having to do with any elected official isn’t a bad thing.
I’d disagree if, amongst a million other examples I could eventually whip up, the prisoner wasn’t denied other Obama-related materials, like posters or t-shirts, OR if the prisoner were allowed books written by conservative politicians-turned-authors.
I will agree, though, that the “national security” citation sounds like bull.
July 10th, 2009 at 12:21 pmRepublicans Love Facts Says:
Try getting your news from a more fair and credible source, hater tommy. obama let loose 5 hard core murdering terrorists yesterday. Nice, ay?
July 10th, 2009 at 11:59 am
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Source?
July 10th, 2009 at 12:21 pmAhahaha, he think Faux News is “fair and credible.” What a moron. Just because Bush/Cheney had them incarcerated and tortured for five years does not mean they were guilty of anything. I don’t know who they released but they didn’t releaseany actual terrorists.
July 10th, 2009 at 12:26 pmI can only assume that the idiot is talking about this:
And, typically, the troll assumes that they’re hard-core murdering terrorists despite the fact that they were never charged with anything and there is no proof of their involvement in any attacks, as evidenced by the fact that they have been released without charge.
July 10th, 2009 at 12:35 pmslappy magoo Says:
In this instance, the devil may be in the details. We’re talking about a guy who joined al queda, plotted to kill President Bush, and is now in a Supermax facility asking for materials written by another president. Considering that al Queda is still considered a terrorist organization, whose leaders have stated in the past that the downfall of the USA is one of their goals, maybe depriving a member of anything having to do with any elected official isn’t a bad thing.
His associates outside of prison have free access to the book. He’d have access to the book if he ever left prison. It’s not like there’s an AQ cell relying on a jailed member to use the prison library system to come up with their research materials.
July 10th, 2009 at 12:36 pmTotally off topic Alert:
sorry for the Ot but I’m trying to find info debunking Michele Bachman’s rant about Gangster Gov’t and GM dealership closures but I’m comming up short.
A little Help?!?!
July 10th, 2009 at 12:50 pmbut I’m comming up short.
Shocker!
July 10th, 2009 at 1:01 pmWow. Censoring a president.
…and people don’t think there’s anything to worry about?
July 10th, 2009 at 1:03 pmIf the death penalty deterred crime, it would show up in statistics over the past 100 years. But it DOES NOT! In fact, the OPPOSITE often turns up! That is, with capital punishment taken away, capital crimes sometimes decrease.
July 10th, 2009 at 1:10 pmOh, There’s plenty out there that proves she’s batshit insane, I’m just having a time constraint problem in wading through it all. So lighten up Francis…
July 10th, 2009 at 1:10 pmThe Pentagon has said they released 90% of the thousands who went through their prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan because they were INNOCENT!
July 10th, 2009 at 1:16 pmI’d like to send the man both books.
July 10th, 2009 at 1:16 pm*
Because – God knows – we wouldn’t want anyone in the penal system to have the audacity to hope.
July 10th, 2009 at 1:19 pmOK, OK. I apologize to all. I have read all you have to say – and I agree, the conservatives are a bunch of blowhards who can’t make it in a reality based world …so we had to create a world of confusion. I guess the reason I’m such a moron is because I was gang raped by a bunch of preachers from my church.
This is #1 in a series of Republican Love Facts
July 10th, 2009 at 1:23 pmGMAFB!
Are Harry Potter’s books banned too? After all I wouldn’t want any “terrorist” to fly the coop or disappear.
Maybe these people can get a positive message from President Obama.
Gawd, how did we live so long with stupid.
July 10th, 2009 at 1:42 pmRepublicans Love Farts Says:
Anybody know how many terrorists obama let loose yesterday?
George bush
dick cheney
scooter libby
george tenet
karl rove
don rumsfeld
donal feith
paul wolowitz
condi rice
Who else did I miss?
July 10th, 2009 at 1:50 pmKeith Says:
The Pentagon has said they released 90% of the thousands who went through their prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan because they were INNOCENT
No Keith, they were hardened terrorists! They had to be or they wouldn’t hve been in prison. And we never tortured anyone because we don’t torture, so whatever it was we did them it wasn’t torture. And bush was a war hero even though he never received an honorable discharge and kerry was a coward because he was a democrat. and republicans are fiscally sound because they are republicans so don’t pay any attention to the record deficit President Obama inherited from bush, it’s President Obama’s fault because he’s a tax and spend liberal. In fact he is the most liberal politician ever, until the next one comes along….
July 10th, 2009 at 1:56 pmDoodlebug Shayne Says:
Republicans Love Facts Says:
Try getting your news from a more fair and credible source, hater tommy. obama let loose 5 hard core murdering terrorists yesterday. Nice, ay?
Ahahaha, he think Faux News is “fair and credible.” What a moron. Just because Bush/Cheney had them incarcerated and tortured for five years does not mean they were guilty of anything. I don’t know who they released but they didn’t release any actual terrorists.
Yea If this troll doesn’t read all the bs faux puts out from this website, it’s no helping the troll. He’s more interested in making up shit like their idols. Not one single person with commonsense in the whole club.
I don’t know but I would be a little ticked off if I were picked up by foreigners occupying my land. Then I think I would be just a slight more concern if I were tortured, taken from my friend and family (well, what is left) posed and lied to every hour on the hour. I don’t know but I’m sure I would be interested in hearing a little from the Taliban/al Qaeda. Just maybe.
I don’t want to be bipartisan with idiots.
July 10th, 2009 at 2:01 pmAnother Joe Says:
chimpy might not have written any books, but I hear he is learning to stay within the lines with his crayons in coloring books.
Oh please he still scribbles all over the place like a raging lunatic. Staying within the lines mean nothing to him.
July 10th, 2009 at 2:12 pmBobwurst,
July 10th, 2009 at 2:16 pmAnd the Pentagon and the Red Cross say that about 110 of those we did not mistreat DIED in our custody.
“Citing ‘national security’ concerns, prison officials ban Obama’s books.”
Oh please… Come up with another REAL reason than that lame excuse. Obama’s book is a bio of his life. You might as well as say to ban My Pet Goat that Bush was supposed to be reading [upside down] when the 9/11 attacks occurred. National security concerns for Obama’a book? No, they simply don’t want any books written by Obama to be read by the prisoners regardless if Obama written a cookbook. This smells personal and political reasons.
July 10th, 2009 at 2:17 pmSorry, but though this article may be true, it is entirely too vague to be deemed credible by a critical reader. This is the kind of unsubstantiated report I expect to find on FOX. For those of us unfamiliar with the prison system, what is “the federal governments most secure prison”? What officials banned the book? What is the source of the quoted paragraphs?
You can do better.
July 10th, 2009 at 3:41 pmWelcome to the Police States of America!
Bend over!
July 10th, 2009 at 4:42 pmInmates. Not only the stigma of being convicted of a crime upon potential release, the fear of being raped, the violent subculture which almost guarantees gang affiliation, the inevitable grappling with the abject disenfranchisement that may impede upon rehabilition methods and as a consequence increase recidivism… but now.. they can’t even… read… the president’s.. books… speechless.
July 10th, 2009 at 4:45 pmObama claims right to imprison “combatants” acquitted at trial
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jul2009/dete-j10.shtml
July 10th, 2009 at 7:38 pmwdrane Says:
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Sorry, but though this article may be true, it is entirely too vague to be deemed credible by a critical reader. This is the kind of unsubstantiated report I expect to find on FOX. For those of us unfamiliar with the prison system, what is “the federal governments most secure prison”? What officials banned the book? What is the source of the quoted paragraphs?
You can do better.
They did do better. Read the AP article they linked to and are using as their source. It will answer all your questions.
July 11th, 2009 at 4:04 amWhat about the Bible? There’s lots of lurid violence there, especially the Revelation hallucination.
July 11th, 2009 at 12:44 pm