Re: Criminal editing of the Enemy

[andie nachgeborenen <andie_nachgeborenen@xxxxxxxxx>]

OK, a clear violation of the First Amendment. This is
moronic McCarthyism. It will not survive contact with
the courts, if it gets that far. That is not a reason
to rejoice, of course. The ACLU has other things to do
than to squash blatantly illegal regulations. Sigh.
jks

--- joanna bujes <jbujes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Treasury Department Is Warning Publishers of the
> Perils of Criminal
> >Editing of the Enemy
> >
> >February 28, 2004
> >By ADAM LIPTAK
> >
> >Writers often grumble about the criminal things
> editors do
> >to their prose. The federal government has recently
> weighed
> >in on the same issue - literally.
> >
> >It has warned publishers they may face grave legal
> >consequences for editing manuscripts from Iran and
> other
> >disfavored nations, on the ground that such
> tinkering
> >amounts to trading with the enemy.
> >
> >Anyone who publishes material from a country under
> a trade
> >embargo is forbidden to reorder paragraphs or
> sentences,
> >correct syntax or grammar, or replace
> "inappropriate
> >words," according to several advisory letters from
> the
> >Treasury Department in recent months.
> >
> >Adding illustrations is prohibited, too. To the
> baffled
> >dismay of publishers, editors and translators who
> have been
> >briefed about the policy, only publication of
> "camera-ready
> >copies of manuscripts" is allowed.
> >

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