Supreme Court won’t take case on security reviews of government tell-all books

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The Hill

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to take the case of several former national security officials arguing the government’s prepublication review requirements for their books violates their First Amendment rights.

The move upholds a 4th Circuit Court of Appeals decision from last year that sided with the government in maintaining their right to review the work of former officials who score book deals once they leave the intelligence community.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which brought the case on behalf of five former national security officials, described a system in which officials were left to wait months for their work to be reviewed by the government, often to be told they must redact significant portions of their manuscripts.