U.S. News’ Paul Bedard reports
U.S. News‘ Paul Bedard reports that CNN offered the White House a preview of their al-Qaeda video tapes. The White House declined because CNN wanted exclusive, instant reaction from President Bush and Condoleeza Rice. There’s no mention of the CNN offering the White House copies of the tapes for analysis.
A few weeks ago, I wondered aloud why CNN didn’t hand over copies of the tapes to the government to help in the Islamist War. I wrote:
If CNN didn’t offer copies, then their so-called neutrality helps anti-Western Islamists who would do anything to destroy the freedoms that allow CNN to do its job.
There’s still no evidence that CNN gave the government copies, nor is there evidence that they didn’t.
In trying to get an answer to my question here’s what I submitted to Ask CNN:
When CNN bought the al-Qaeda training tapes, were copies given to the U.S. government to be used for analysis in the Islamist War? If not, then why not?
I eagerly await their reply.
“White House Rejected CNN’s Offer to View al Qaeda Training Tape” [via Drudge]
