November 29, 2007
Bilal Hussein Inquiry Set for Dec. 9th
The AP continues to whitewash its hiring of anti-American propagandist Bilal Hussein, but the military is pressing forward with plans to turn over evidence against him to an Iraqi judge on Dec. 9th. AP:
The U.S. military said Thursday it would submit evidence to the Iraqi judiciary system on Dec. 9 against Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein, who has been held in U.S. custody for more than 19 months...I'll also note that Hussein's former boss at the AP believes it was ethical to hire a man who may have had prior knowledge of attacks on U.S. forces, knew who top insurgents were, was embedded with terrorists, and yet did not volunteer any of this information to the U.S. or Iraqi governments.Under Iraqi law, an investigating judge will receive and review the evidence. The judge, whose role corresponds roughly to a grand jury, has the power to either dismiss the case or recommend it be referred to a three-judge panel for trial...
[T]he military has pointed to a range of suspicions that attempt to link Hussein to insurgent activity, including claims that he offered to provide false identification to a sniper seeking to evade U.S.-led forces and took photographs that were synchronized with insurgent blasts.
It seems that "journalistic ethics" have replaced the moral imperative to save life at the AP.
