US Newspapers Accused of Complicity as Drone Report Reopens Security Debate
Posted: 2/7/2013 | By: Karen McVeigh | The Guardian
US news organizations are facing accusations of complicity after it
emerged that they bowed to pressure from the Obama administration not to
disclose the existence of a secret drone base in Saudi Arabia despite knowing about it for a year.
Amid renewed scrutiny over the Obama administration's secrecy over its targeted killing programme, media analysts and national security experts said the revelation that some newspapers had co-operated over the drone base had reopened the debate over the balance between freedom of information and national security.
Amid renewed scrutiny over the Obama administration's secrecy over its targeted killing programme, media analysts and national security experts said the revelation that some newspapers had co-operated over the drone base had reopened the debate over the balance between freedom of information and national security.