AP: 3 Danish Journalists on Trial (Iraq WMD documents)

[Eugene]

3 Danish Journalists on Trial

By JAN M. OLSEN
The Associated Press
Monday, November 13, 2006; 6:53 AM

COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- The editor-in-chief and two reporters at one of Denmark's
largest newspapers went on trial Monday for publishing classified intelligence reports
about former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's weapons program.

A former intelligence officer has previously been sentenced to prison for leaking the
documents in the case, which is viewed in Denmark as a landmark test of media
freedom.

Niels Lunde, the Berlingske Tidende newspaper's top editor, and reporters Michael
Bjerre and Jesper Larsen, face charges of publishing confidential government
documents, which is punishable by fines or up to two years in prison.

In February and March 2004, Bjerre and Larsen wrote a series of articles based
on leaked reports from the Danish Defense Intelligence Service. The reports said
there was no evidence that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction during Saddam
Hussein's rule _ one of the main reasons behind the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.

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Full article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/13/AR2006111300213.html

[maddezmom]

1. this should be very interesting....

[dipsydoodle]

2. publishing classified intelligence reports

which conveyed that in truth there was no actual intelligence being shown by the international community - only secretive dumbness. Only good thing about the issue is that it will now become public information which will further help discredit the Farce in Iraq.

[Quantess]

3. Interesting....

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