By Mondo Times editors
Boulder Colorado USA
Posted on May 7, 2010 at 10:41am

Pentagon Bans Toronto Star Reporter from Gitmo Coverage for Outing an Interrogator

-- ABC News reported on May 6, 2010:

"The Pentagon has barred four reporters from further reporting of the military commission proceedings at the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay because they published articles identifying a witness whose identity had been protected by the presiding judge even though it has been in the public domain since 2005. The American Civil Liberties Union has condemned the move as "absurd ... rash, draconian and unconstitutional."

The announcement came at the conclusion of two weeks of pre-trial proceedings in the case of Omar Khadr, a Canadian detainee who has been held at the base since he was a teenager.

The four journalists include some of the more experienced reporters to have covered the commissions proceedings at Guantanamo. They are: Carol Rosenberg of the Miami Herald, Toronto Star reporter Michelle Shephard, The Globe and Mail reporter Paul Koring and CanWest news service reporter Steven Edwards.

The Pentagon sent letters to their respective employers today telling them the individuals involved would be barred from coverage of future proceedings at the base although their organizations could still send other reporters to cover them. The organizations also can appeal the decision, and all four have said they will do so."

The full story:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/05/four-journalists-banned-from-gitmo-coverage-for-outing-an-interrogator.html

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