Nobel Laureate Sues U.S. Over Publication

[Bossy Monkey]

Nov 1, 9:48 PM EST

Nobel Laureate Sues U.S. Over Publication

By LARRY NEUMEISTER
Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK (AP) -- A Nobel Prize-winning author from Iran, praised by President Bush for her commitment to democracy, is suing the U.S. government over restrictions that could block the publication of her memoirs in America.

In her lawsuit, Shirin Ebadi argued that Treasury Department regulations restricting the publication in the United States of works by authors in countries subject to U.S. trade sanctions is unconstitutional.

Ebadi and The Strothman Agency, a literary agent that wants to work with her, filed the suit in New York last week. On Monday, a federal judge agreed to add the lawsuit to similar litigation brought in September by other publishing groups and authors. A hearing date has not been set.

According to Treasury Department regulations, American companies are forbidden to publish the works of authors in Iran, Cuba and Sudan unless the works have already been completed without American involvement.

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No longer The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight, they're now the gang that couldn't do anything straight! (Oh, they were always that? I guess so.)

[DAGDA56]

1. Great! So now this administration is eliminating jobs...

...in the domestic publishing industry, while simultainiously creating a new black market in "forbidden literature". Who are you, and what have you done to my America, Mr. Bush?!!