[Terror] But Seriously.....Shut Up

"In an apparent reversal of decades of U.S. practice, recent federal Office of Foreign Assets Control OFAC) regulations bar American companies from publishing works by dissident writers in countries under sanction unless they first obtain U.S. government approval. The restriction, condemned by critics as a violation of the First Amendment, means that books and other works banned by some totalitarian regimes cannot be published freely in the United States ..... Violations carry severe reprisals — publishing houses can be fined $1 million and individual violators face up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine ..... Officials from the U.S. Treasury Department, which oversees OFAC, declined comment on the lawsuit, but spokeswoman Molly Millerwise described the sanctions as 'a very important part of our overall national security ..... These are countries that pose serious threats to the United States, to our economy and security and our well-being around the globe," Millerwise said, adding that publishers can still bring dissident writers to American readers as long as they first apply for a license ..... 'It strikes me as very odd,' said Douglas Kmiec, a constitutional law professor at Pepperdine University [and frequent Bush tool]. 'I think the government has an uphill struggle to justify this constitutionally.'"