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Mark S. Zaid

Nov 28, 2021 • 19 tweets • 8 min read

@DeptofDefense

1/Today we filed lawsuit for former Trump Secretary of Defense Mark Esper to challenge @DeptofDefense prepublication classification review that is blocking portions of his manuscript from being published.

Esper is highest-ranking official to ever sue.

nytimes.com/2021/11/28/us/…

@DeptofDefense

2/Formal statement from former Secretary #Esper on filing of federal lawsuit against @DeptofDefense for censoring of his forthcoming Manuscript.

@HarperCollins

Secretary #Esper's book is scheduled to be published in May 2022 by @HarperCollins. Copies can be pre-ordered on @amazon here: rb.gy/qdtp1y

4/Secretary #Esper's book covers everything from domestic issues such as DoD’s handling of COVID, WH management of civil unrest & int'l issues such as Iran, Germany, China, Venezuela & Russia. It goes behind scenes of #Esper's increasingly contentious relationship w/Trump's WH.

@AVindman

5/My firm routinely handles prepub classification disputes. Some recent clients included @AVindman & @LTGHRMcMaster. Last month we filed similar lawsuit against @DeptofDefense for former CIA officer #RichardLawless.

https://twitter.com/MarkSZaidEsq/status/1453901619922362374?s=20

https://twitter.com/MarkSZaidEsq/status/1273414830070861826?s=20

END/Unlike former National Security Advisor #JohnBolton, Secretary #Esper is adhering & advancing #RuleOfLaw by filing #1stAmendment lawsuit to protect his constitutional rights.

More info on prepub process here:

https://twitter.com/MarkSZaidEsq/status/1273414830070861826?s=20

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Mark S. Zaid

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Feb 4

@DeptofDefense

1/Today we dismissed former Secretary of Defense #MarkEsper's prepublication classification review lawsuit against @DeptofDefense.

We successfully ensured this unvarnished account of his tenure in Trump's Admin will be published on schedule in May 2022.

https://twitter.com/MarkSZaidEsq/status/1465087421222211591

2/You can advance order the book A Sacred Oath here:

amazon.com/Sacred-Oath-Me…

3/My statement reads:

"This case presented a prepublication classification review challenge of a manuscript under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that was pursued by the highest-ranking official – a former Secretary of Defense – to ever file this type of lawsuit...

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@MarkSZaidEsq

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2/We watched in horror time & time again as we heard words "Challenger, go at throttle up".

@UofR

3/I was freshman at @UofR & had just come out of POLSCI class abt 15 minutes aft disaster. In our student center there used to be large screen television. Dozens of students surrounded the tv watching in silence.

I will never forget that moment, or this crew.

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@xychelsea

1/My firm is now rep'ing Chelsea Manning (@xychelsea). We arranged for her manuscript to be submitted to @DeptofDefense for classification review to ensure compliance w/preexisting secrecy agreements. Memoir is scheduled for Oct publication by @fsgbooks.

amzn.to/3FghIHa

2/Per Amazon listing:

"An intimate, revealing memoir from activist, politician, and WikiLeaks whistleblower Chelsea Manning - sharing her life story as a soldier and her journey toward self-acceptance as a trans woman with a manifesto for transparency of identity for all."

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1/Saddened to have learned of passing of former Baltimore City Circuit Court Chief Judge Joseph H.H. Kaplan (1936-2021), who presided over our litigation trial to exhume remains of #JohnWilkesBooth back in 1995.

baltimoresun.com/obituaries/bs-…

@nytimes

2/Effort received great deal of publicity, including half-page story in @nytimes.

@washingtonpost, #WashingtonTimes & @baltimoresun covered five day trial every day.

nytimes.com/1995/05/12/us/…

3/Although he ruled against effort, he was consummate professional. I appreciated how he dealt w/me as very young lawyer (just 3 years out of school) who was handling first trial totally on own. As Chief Judge he specifically assigned case to himself as he was Civil War buff.

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@MrJonCryer

1/BREAKING NEWS:

"Duckie" never tried it. "Alan Harper" couldn't afford it. And "Lex Luthor" has other resources at his command.

But @MrJonCryer is now suing @USNatArchives under #FOIA for @FBI records concerning his uncle!

2/His uncle #PeterNivenKiger was staff member w/#WarResistersLeague. He refused to register for Viet Nam draft & sent to federal prison for one year. He continued protesting & refusing to register & was imprisoned on other occasions. He died Aug 19, 2019.
warresisters.org/peter-kiger-19…

@FBI

3/#WarResistersLeague was founded in 1923 & is oldest secular pacifist organization in US. It was subject of @FBI surveillance including as part of COINTELPRO.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11…

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