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Zachary Young, CNN, and the book the CIA ordered destroyed: The agency lights the match

The CIA can cut every genuine secret from Zachary Young’s book, but it does not get to classify the history Americans already paid for.
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Zachary Young, CNN, and the book the CIA ordered destroyed: Kabul’s last marketplace

A Florida jury made CNN pay for branding Zachary Young a profiteer; now the CIA is fighting to keep his account of the ...
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Ex-CIA operative who beat CNN in defamation case says agency is blocking his memoir

A Navy veteran and former CIA operative who won a blockbuster defamation case against CNN says the agency is trying to block publication of his memoir. Zachary Young, who won a $5 million jury verdict ...
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DOJ threatens criminal prosecution if publisher proceeds with Zachary Young spy memoir

U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young settled with CNN for an undisclosed amount after a jury found he was defamed by the network. FIRST ON FOX — The Department of Justice has threatened legal action and ...
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Navy veteran who beat CNN in court says CIA wants him to delete, burn book manuscript: ‘That's censorship’

U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young settled with CNN for an undisclosed amount after a jury found he was defamed by the network. Zachary Young, the U.S. Navy veteran who defeated CNN in a high-profile ...
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Reporter who exited CNN after being at center of costly defamation trial lands at Al Jazeera English

Alex Marquardt was famously at the center of a high-profile defamation case brought against him and CNN in 2025 by U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young. Alex Marquardt, who exited CNN months after his ...
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Navy veteran who won CNN defamation case appeals lawsuit against the Associated Press over 'smuggling' claim

U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young settled with CNN for an undisclosed amount after a jury found he was defamed by the network.
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Jenna Sundel

A director of standards at CNN defended the network’s story at the center of a defamation case as “very fair.” During the network’s defamation trial, a lawyer for Zachary Young alleged a CNN editor ...