Gitmo closed…to the media

Guantanamo Bay has closed its doors to the media. Editor & Publisher reports that reporters from the Los Angeles Times and the Miami Herald are being booted off the island after writing stories about last weekend's detainee suicides. A reporter from the Charlotte Observer is allowed to stay until Saturday, but is being denied access to ...

Guantanamo Bay has closed its doors to the media. Editor & Publisher reports that reporters from the Los Angeles Times and the Miami Herald are being booted off the island after writing stories about last weekend's detainee suicides. A reporter from the Charlotte Observer is allowed to stay until Saturday, but is being denied access to the prison camp. A Pentagon spokesperson is quoted as saying that the camp cannot accommodate all the reporters who want access, and so it is only impartial and fair that no reporters be allowed at the camp. Note to the Bush administration: Nice try, but in this case, the world's ignorance is not bliss.

Guantanamo Bay has closed its doors to the media. Editor & Publisher reports that reporters from the Los Angeles Times and the Miami Herald are being booted off the island after writing stories about last weekend's detainee suicides. A reporter from the Charlotte Observer is allowed to stay until Saturday, but is being denied access to the prison camp. A Pentagon spokesperson is quoted as saying that the camp cannot accommodate all the reporters who want access, and so it is only impartial and fair that no reporters be allowed at the camp. Note to the Bush administration: Nice try, but in this case, the world's ignorance is not bliss.

Christine Y. Chen is a senior editor at Foreign Policy.

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