The British army doesn’t want you to know what it did in Afghanistan

The British army doesn’t want you to know what it did in Afghanistan - Salon.com:

"The military fought publication of “An Intimate War: An Oral History of the Helmand Conflict” on the grounds that it includes classified materials, such as cables previously published by WikiLeaks.
Nonsense, one retired army colonel says.
“I read every word of every draft of each chapter,” said Alexander Alderson, who as head of counterinsurgency in Helmand was Martin’s boss in Afghanistan.
“I was very conscious of the Official Secrets Act,” he said. “I’m satisfied, as someone who holds the very highest security clearance, that there’s absolutely nothing in what he’s saying that transgresses the Official Secrets Act.”
“I don’t think embarrassment and institutional failure is covered by it,” he added."