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Subject: What Ever Happened to Freedom of the Press

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06/15/2006 12:56 PM Alert 
Pentagon ejects journalists from base

CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 14 (UPI) -- The Pentagon has ejected the Charlotte (N.C.) Observer reporter who broke the story of suicides at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Reporter Michael Gordon and photographer Todd Sumlin were the only U.S. journalists at the base when three detainees hanged themselves Saturday. They had been working on a profile of jail commander Col. Mike Bumgarner of Kings Mountain, N.C., and had clearance to be on the base for six days, the Observer said.

The two Observer staffers along with reporters from the Miami Herald and Los Angeles Times were ordered by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to take a military transport plane from the base to Miami Wednesday morning.

Pentagon Press Officer J.D. Gordon told Editor & Publisher Gordon caused "controversy" with his insider reports and there was also a problem with other media demanding the same access.

"The Pentagon appears to have panicked when it discovered it couldn't manipulate a first-class reporter, so it shoved him and all other press out," Observer Editor Rick Thames said.
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