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A high security prison in McLean, Va., - one of the country's most secure, says the Yahoo! news story - has deemed two books by President Obama "potentially detrimental to national security."
Turns out an inmate, a former al-Qaida operative serving 30 years, requested copies of The Audacity of Hope and Dreams From My Father. Prison officials, citing guidelines, said no way.
Wow. Good thing nobody else in the country has read them!
Read the whole story here.
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Yeah you do not want terrorists reading books that might potentially change their mind about America.
Posted by: patrick | July 10, 2009 at 12:55 PM
I'm still trying to figure out how they might hurt national security.
Posted by: Connie | July 10, 2009 at 01:36 PM