Don't Book on a Free Press

President Bush praised her when she won the Nobel Peace Prize. But now Shirin Ebadi's suing the US government to get her memoirs published here. She's an activist in Iran. Her book isn't even written yet. But Iran doesn't have freedom of speech or press. She wants to publish the book here in the US to get it past Iranian censors. But US law prevents her from working with an agent to get it published here. That's because of rules penalizing anyone doing business with Iran. Freedom is never free. And sometimes it's downright convoluted. (The Reliable Source/WashPost)