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In reply to the discussion: CIA operating drone base in Saudi Arabia, US media reveal [View all]alp227
(32,016 posts)25. The Guardian has an article expanding on US media spiking the story
US newspapers accused of complicity as drone report reopens security debate
One expert described the initial decision not to publish the base's location as "shameful and craven".
Dr Jack Lule, a professor of journalism and communication at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, said that the national security implications did not merit holding on to the story.
"The decision not to publish is a shameful one. The national security standard has to be very high, perhaps imminent danger," he said. "The fact that we are even having a conversation about whether it was a national security issue should have sent alarm bells off to the editors. I think the real reason was that the administration did not want to embarrass the Saudis and for the US news media to be complicit in that is craven."
Dr Jack Lule, a professor of journalism and communication at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, said that the national security implications did not merit holding on to the story.
"The decision not to publish is a shameful one. The national security standard has to be very high, perhaps imminent danger," he said. "The fact that we are even having a conversation about whether it was a national security issue should have sent alarm bells off to the editors. I think the real reason was that the administration did not want to embarrass the Saudis and for the US news media to be complicit in that is craven."
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Damn thats a surpirse, I had guessed it was being staged from American Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar
Katashi_itto
Feb 2013
#1
Osama bin Laden's key demand was that the US get its troops out of Saudi Arabia ...
onwardsand upwards
Feb 2013
#2
Were you supportive of those warmongering & imperialistic drone strikes that Bush approved?
rachel1
Feb 2013
#13
A conventional war against whom? Those opposing the imperialistic government spreading "democracy"
rachel1
Feb 2013
#17
If they're so "popular" why is that a 2012 poll surveying 1,000 people from over 18 random countries
rachel1
Feb 2013
#19
Could the anti-US sentiment be the result of "blowback" which the CIA used to decribe
rachel1
Feb 2013
#28
Popular among governmental officials? I'm not surprised. But how but among the everyday population
rachel1
Feb 2013
#35
On economies of scale...in this case, Economies of death...this is very cost efficent.
Katashi_itto
Feb 2013
#20