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Four Gitmo reporters banned by Pentagon

2010-05-07

The Pentagon has banned four journalists from covering military commissions at Guantanamo Bay because they published the name of a witness after being told he must only be identified as "Interrogator No 1". In an email to their editors, Pentagon spokesman Colonel Dave Lapan explained the ban by writing: "Your reporters published the name of a witness whose identity was protected in court."

The offending reporters are Carol Rosenberg (Miami Herald), Michelle Shephard (Toronto Star), Paul Koring (Globe and Mail), and Steven Edwards (Canwest News Service). The trial they were covering was of Omar Khadr, a 23-year-old Canadian prisoner who is charged with killing a US soldier in Afghanistan.

All four news organisations said they would appeal against the ban, which one called "absurd". They pointed out that the interrogator's name has been in the public domain since 2005, when he was convicted by a court martial of abusing detainees in Afghanistan in 2005. He was publicly identified as Khadr's interrogator in March 2008, during a hearing at Guantanamo, and subsequently gave an on-the-record interview to Shephard.

Posted by:ryuge

#7 Silly Nimble Spemble! :-)

Posted by: trailing wife 2010-05-07 23:08

#6 Sorry, I didn't realize Miami was still in the US.

Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-05-07 17:38

#5 I knew I remembered Carol's name from somewhere - she's a peach:

U.S. Navy Commander Jeffrey D. Gordon filed a second formal sexual harassment complaint against Carol Rosenberg a Miami Herald journalist for using insulting and humiliating comments of very explicit sexual nature against Guantanamo and Andrew Air Force Base officials.
In the complaint U.S Navy Commander wrote that he appreciates the effort done in the past against the complaint filed by him in last July 2008 to correct Carol Rosenberg, but he is let down by the results as they were just temporary. He said that after consulting with Defense Department and Justice Department attorneys, his advice to Miami Herald is to perform a thorough investigation of the incidents that which took place in Guantanamo and Andrew Air Force Base with several different officials including him and numerous reporters from different TV channels and newspapers.

In the complaint U.s Navy Commander explains that he realize that Miami Herald reporters should have to be aggressive in reporting but aggressive reporting does not justifies and legitimize sexual harassment and use of vulgar language.

He said he has personally observed several argumentative quarrels and outbreak between Carol Rosenberg of Miami Herald and journalists from Al Jazeera, New York Times, CNN, CBC, Washington Post and many more. These arguments resulting in Carol Rosenbergs bullying other reporters and journalists and keeping her supremacy as the premier Guantanamo correspondent. He also said that he will be happy to provide the names, dates and circumstance to the investigators regarding these incidents.

Posted by: Frank G 2010-05-07 15:10

#4 all are what i would call 'anti-american' or 'enemy press'

Posted by: abu do you love 2010-05-07 15:02

#3 they're all from the foreign press.

Carol Rosenberg is from the Miami Herald, Nimble Spemble.

Posted by: trailing wife 2010-05-07 14:40

#2 Not surprising they're all from the foreign press.

Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-05-07 14:05

#1 They should be jailed for contempt of court. Their total disregard for our vourts is plain here, its not their call. The parent news corp should be dragged into court and fined as well..

Posted by: 49 Pan 2010-05-07 12:01

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