vrijdag, april 23, 2004
Update The week before Kuwait cargo worker Tami Silicio lost her job for releasing a photograph of soldiers' coffins, the Air Force made its own release of several hundred photographs of flag-draped coffins to the operator of an Internet site. The Air Force photos were shot by personnel at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware and released — reluctantly — in response to a Freedom of Information Act request submitted by a 34-year-old First Amendment activist.
Release of the more than 360 photographs further erodes a 13-year-old ban on the media taking photos of the transport of coffins from overseas battle zones to Dover, site of the military's largest mortuary.
Pentagon officials said yesterday the intent of the ban is to prevent photos of coffins returning home from war from being published without the consent of grieving families. Pentagon officials say the policy is consistent with the wishes of the families and the Pentagon has no intention of changing it. But news of the Air Force photos' release created new confusion amid intense media coverage generated by Silicio's photo, first published in Sunday's editions of The Seattle Times.
Bron: Seattle Times.
Lees ook in het Parool.
Release of the more than 360 photographs further erodes a 13-year-old ban on the media taking photos of the transport of coffins from overseas battle zones to Dover, site of the military's largest mortuary.
Pentagon officials said yesterday the intent of the ban is to prevent photos of coffins returning home from war from being published without the consent of grieving families. Pentagon officials say the policy is consistent with the wishes of the families and the Pentagon has no intention of changing it. But news of the Air Force photos' release created new confusion amid intense media coverage generated by Silicio's photo, first published in Sunday's editions of The Seattle Times.
Bron: Seattle Times.
Lees ook in het Parool.
# posted by Jan-Edward : 10:25
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