Censorship: Lawsuit against Trump administration targets prepublication review system
Five former military and intelligence officials are suing the Trump administration claiming the government’s prepublication review system restricts their First Amendment rights. The lawsuit says those reviewing publications have too much power that they use to eliminate criticism of the government while they speedily approve favorable memoirs by retired senior officials. (The New York Times, April 2, 2019, by Charlie Savage) The CIA and National Security Agency censor for “any legitimate government interest” and do