Back in November, New York Times journalist David Rohde was kidnapped in Afghanistan. Michael Yon notes that he is still missing, but the story appears to have been hushed up.
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Lincolntf Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:19:39am |
Gee, if only the poor man's employer had some way to get word out in the media about his kidnapping...
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vxbush Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:19:42am |
Excuse me, but why would the story be "hushed up"? That really makes no sense--unless the NYT really doesn't care about its own workers.
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filetandrelease Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:19:42am |
Heads will roll before this story hits the pages of MSM
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tackle Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:20:08am |
Thanks for the reminder. He shouldn't be forgotten.
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Ward Cleaver Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:20:40am |
re: #1 Lincolntf
Gee, if only the poor man's employer had some way to get word out in the media about his kidnapping...
They're too busy slobbering all over The One.
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Honorary Yooper Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:20:46am |
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SasquatchOnSteroids Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:20:54am |
In December, during a trip with Secretary Gates, I asked a New York Times reporter if she knew the status of the situation. The story had been kept so quiet that she didn’t actually know the kidnapping had occurred.
Ummm, aren't they a NEWSPAPER!
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Kosh's Shadow Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:21:20am |
Why would the Taliban kidnap a NY Slimes reporter? A Fox reporter, I could understand.
Maybe they needed a new PR person and they'd figure anyone from the NYT would be willing.
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tackle Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:21:41am |
re: #4 Ward Cleaver
Why would they hush it up?
Because to acknowledge it would necessitate action, and Obama is afraid to act.
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Kosh's Shadow Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:22:02am |
re: #8 SasquatchOnSteroids
Ummm, aren't they a NEWSPAPER!
They don't want to make any organization that hates the US look bad.
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MJ Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:22:11am |
There is a logic to keeping these stories quiet. The more attention paid, the greater the currency the journalist retains to the kidnappers. Then again, it is the NYT so one never knows if they just wish to keep the connection between Islam and terrorism to a minimum.
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Honorary Yooper Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:22:29am |
re: #11 Ward Cleaver
Isn't this bad PR for the Taliban?
Only in the West. I don't think their main audience is in the West.
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Creeping Eruption Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:22:49am |
Its not as if the NY Times has any money to pay ransom.
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filetandrelease Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:23:23am |
re: #13 MJ
There is a logic to keeping these stories quiet. The more attention paid, the greater the currency the journalist retains to the kidnappers. Then again, it is the NYT so one never knows if they just wish to keep the connection between Islam and terrorism to a minimum.
Good point.
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Ward Cleaver Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:23:27am |
re: #14 Honorary Yooper
Only in the West. I don't think their main audience is in the West.
Well, I meant assuming that there might be talks between them and the Obama administration.
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VegasRick Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:23:55am |
re: #14 Honorary Yooper
Only in the West. I don't think their main audience is in the West.
Gives the phrase "Target Audience" a whole new meaning.
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Ward Cleaver Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:24:01am |
re: #15 Creeping Eruption
Its not as if the NY Times has any money to pay ransom.
They've already hocked their building.
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Occasional Reader Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:24:10am |
NYT bashing aside; here's hoping that Mr. Rhodes is alive and at least reasonably well, and that he will be freed soon. Hopefully, "freed" by a Seal team who wipe out his kidnappers.
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tackle Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:24:46am |
Speaking of kidnappings, what ever happened to the UN worker John Solecki? I recall a video being released...
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Golem Akbar Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:25:01am |
The Times is pretty good in hushing up a story,when it serves their purpose. If it embarasses, say, the Bush Administration, however, it's leak leak leak/blab blab blab.
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VegasRick Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:25:05am |
re: #19 Ward Cleaver
They've already hocked their building.
I'd bet a lot of folks have hocked on their building as well.
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vxbush Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:25:29am |
re: #20 Occasional Reader
NYT bashing aside; here's hoping that Mr. Rhodes is alive and at least reasonably well, and that he will be freed soon. Hopefully, "freed" by a Seal team who wipe out his kidnappers.
Yes, but if their own NYT people don't know about it, I'm rather suspicious of the government being aware.
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albusteve Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:25:51am |
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Golem Akbar Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:26:07am |
re: #23 VegasRick
I'd bet a lot of folks have hocked on their building as well.
If I were a pigeon, I'd do a flyover.
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VegasRick Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:27:00am |
Zero just won't shut up! 50 days and I already can't stand his voice.
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joncelli Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:27:15am |
re: #7 Honorary Yooper
Or else they're negotiating the ransom payment.
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Boxy_brown Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:27:27am |
Michael Yon is the Ernie Pyle/Robert Capa of our day. If he writes it I believe it.
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albusteve Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:27:56am |
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VegasRick Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:28:09am |
re: #29 joncelli
Or else they're negotiating the ransom payment.
Lifetime subscription should do it.
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vxbush Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:28:49am |
re: #32 VegasRick
Lifetime subscription should do it.
That's worth what, maybe $5? Nobody would be stupid enough to take that.
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Boxy_brown Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:30:05am |
re: #28 VegasRick
Zero just won't shut up! 50 days and I already can't stand his voice.
The best thing is going into supermarkets or bookstores and seeing the tons of zero paraphernalia scattered all over the place. Enough, enough, enough.... enough.
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tackle Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:32:18am |
OT: Obama's speaking on earmarks. So now he's a paragon of restraint and virtue.
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tackle Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:33:36am |
Obama: "... a new era of accountability and responsibility."
I just threw up a little in my mouth.
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nyc redneck Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:34:39am |
i
the nyt is biding it's time, concocting a sympathetic story to explain the
terrorists' actions when this reporter finally turns up in a brutal video.
what ever is going on here is abt. favoring the enemy.
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razorbacker Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:35:35am |
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Russkilitlover Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:38:58am |
re: #4 Ward Cleaver
Why would they hush it up?
Maybe they are being tasked by the Taliban to see if they can get the President's ear and state publicly that he is willing to talk to them.
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filetandrelease Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:38:59am |
re: #34 Boxy_brown
The best thing is going into supermarkets or bookstores and seeing the tons of zero paraphernalia scattered all over the place. Enough, enough, enough.... enough.
I was at Barnes and Noble this past weekend and was surprised at the pure quanity of "O" books and so forth. Even Oprah for the first time ever has someone other than herself on the cover of her magazine. You would think he was the second coming of...... oh wait.
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jester6 Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:39:24am |
re: #13 MJ
There is a logic to keeping these stories quiet. The more attention paid, the greater the currency the journalist retains to the kidnappers. Then again, it is the NYT so one never knows if they just wish to keep the connection between Islam and terrorism to a minimum.
I agree.
But to me it like the"professional courtesy" cops often extend when a fellow officer is caught beating his wife or driving drunk. If this man was not a reporter or worked for an organization the NYT did not consider to be part of the journalistic fraternity the story would be reported.
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devnulled Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:40:37am |
NYT Editor : "Did someone Tell David to get out of there before we published the next round of movement leaks of the US military? Anyone?"
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jester6 Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:40:53am |
re: #34 Boxy_brown
The best thing is going into supermarkets or bookstores and seeing the tons of zero paraphernalia scattered all over the place. Enough, enough, enough.... enough.
I find it disturbing.
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turn Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:42:04am |
re: #13 MJ
There is a logic to keeping these stories quiet. The more attention paid, the greater the currency the journalist retains to the kidnappers. Then again, it is the NYT so one never knows if they just wish to keep the connection between Islam and terrorism to a minimum.
You know I agree a bit with keeping it quiet but then you realize they publicize national security secrets that harm the entire country and it's hard to have a lot of sympathy for them.
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bolivar Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:51:14am |
re: #9 Kosh's Shadow
Why would the Taliban kidnap a NY Slimes reporter? A Fox reporter, I could understand.
Maybe they needed a new PR person and they'd figure anyone from the NYT would be willing.
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Been there - done that - got the t-shirt. NYT should be ashamed of themselves but, since they suck the ones member so well they have no shame. We are all soooooo skrude.
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Render Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:57:56am |
Interesting that the kidnappers aren't talking either.
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Oh please, if the NYSlimes thought it would hurt W, Cheney, Israel, or Republicans this story would have been front page top of the fold for weeks straight.
All of a sudden the NYSlimes has morals and common sense post election? The Big 0 must truly be a miracle worker.
NOT,
R
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pupdawg Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:00:25am |
The RoP struck again?
Looks like the terrorist thugs would concentrate on capturing 'journalists' reporting against their cause rather than for them like the leaky NYT, but on second thought he is a westerner.
If ransom negotiation is one of the motives that kept the paper quiet on the story, I wonder how many NYT shares the captors would take for his release? The Old Grey Lady has no clothes.
I do hope if he has been taken that he is released unharmed soon.
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Oxnuts Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:03:29am |
I read on Drudge this morning that an ex Gitmo guy was now the head of the Taliban in Afghanistan. The libs should be proud of their handy work.
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kynna Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:04:47am |
Very odd. They usually like to use situations like this to show how heroic their reporters are and how crucial their 'hard news reporting' is.
I hope he's okay. I'll send up a prayer for him. He shouldn't be forgotten and shame on his employers for doing just that.
I really want to know why the media (forget NYT -- nobody else is talking about it, either) is turning a blind eye.
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turn Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:06:14am |
re: #48 Oxnuts
I read on Drudge this morning that an ex Gitmo guy was now the head of the Taliban in Afghanistan. The libs should be proud of their handy work.
Um, it was the Bush administration that released him.
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VioletTiger Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:07:02am |
I can't say why they have hushed this up, but it is a disgrace. How awful for his friends and family that he is missing and his employer doesn't say a word. It should be in the paper every day.
I remember a few years back when that young lady who worked part time in a restaurant was kidnapped and they had signs and posters up in every restaurant.
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Boxy_brown Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:07:25am |
re: #40 filetandrelease
I was at Barnes and Noble this past weekend and was surprised at the pure quanity of "O" books and so forth. Even Oprah for the first time ever has someone other than herself on the cover of her magazine. You would think he was the second coming of...... oh wait.
I make it a habit of turning the books over but a lot of them have zero on the front and back covers... I expect to run into an Obama pop-up book any day now.
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wrenchwench Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:07:50am |
The story had been kept so quiet that she didn’t actually know the kidnapping had occurred.
Compare that to Northrop Grumman who, IIRC, had a website dedicated to their employees who were held in Colombia.
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Oxnuts Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:12:26am |
re: #50 turn
I didnt say the libs did it. They were the ones pressuring Bush to do it though.
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Diamond Bullet Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:20:09am |
Does anyone have a bio for him? I can't find any reference to him as a NY Times reporter.
And while I deeply sympathize with him and his family if the tales are true, I have to wonder whether a NY Times reporter might not decide to awkwardly "imbed" with the Taliban out of some misguided multicultural brainfart. In other words, there's a possibility it's not a kidnapping but rather "investigative journalism to uncover the truth about these beautiful and wild people living in the rugged majesty of Pakistan's moutains." Just sayin'.
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RC51 Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:31:10am |
He isn't kidnapped... he is just visiting his family and friends who just so happen to live in the mountainous border region.
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devnulled Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:46:09am |
re: #56 Diamond Bullet
I can't find any reference to him as a NY Times reporter.
His last name is Rohde.
That is why you cannot find info on him.
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Charles Johnson Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:48:24am |
That's right - Yon got the name wrong. Here's a Wikipedia page on him:
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
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Cognito Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:59:31am |
What a disgusting reaction, here in the comments section.
Bravo, LGF.
Bravo.
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notutopia Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:01:42am |
re: #56 Diamond Bullet
Does anyone have a bio for him? I can't find any reference to him as a NY Times reporter.
And while I deeply sympathize with him and his family if the tales are true, I have to wonder whether a NY Times reporter might not decide to awkwardly "imbed" with the Taliban out of some misguided multicultural brainfart. In other words, there's a possibility it's not a kidnapping but rather "investigative journalism to uncover the truth about these beautiful and wild people living in the rugged majesty of Pakistan's moutains." Just sayin'.
This the same thought I have. Keep quiet, try to keep him "forgotten".
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Spiritualized Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:02:53am |
re: #48 Oxnuts
I read on Drudge this morning that an ex Gitmo guy was now the head of the Taliban in Afghanistan. The libs should be proud of their handy work.
The conditions at Gitmo drove him to it, before that he was a flower arranger and built orphanages in his spare time.
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Cognito Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:05:06am |
Charles, I have to ask: Does the reaction here not trouble you? At all?
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notutopia Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:11:12am |
re: #59 Charles
That's right - Yon got the name wrong. Here's a Wikipedia page on him:
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
What nationality is the family name, Rohde?
snip from wiki....
While a reporter for The Christian Science Monitor, he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1996 for his coverage of the Srebrenica massacre.
His work exposed the slaughter of 8,000 Muslim men and boys in the region of Srebrenica, and was hailed as some of the finest reporting on human rights abuses ever. His reporting was used in programs to teach international reporting skills to young journalists at Columbia University, where officials said of his work: "We felt that Rohde's work was ideal for a case study in reporting on gross human rights violations, presenting opportunities to study both the professional techniques and the moral issues that pertain to such work."[2].....
snip
He very well could be on another human rights journalistic assignment.
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bolivar Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:12:07am |
re: #63 Cognito
Charles, I have to ask: Does the reaction here not trouble you? At all?
What reaction? You mean that we blame NYT as much as the taliban? They have done very little or nothing to effect his release and may have actually added to the taliban's position by downplaying the filthy disgusting terrible things these vermin have done. Daniel Pearl was beheaded while he was still alive and I don't remember if you had anything to ever say about that - did you condemn it? Who are you really - Carville?
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Cognito Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:15:41am |
re: #65 bolivar
I'm sure Charles appreciates your willingness to answer for him. But I'll wait, thanks.
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Adrenalyn Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:17:19am |
being that the NYTimes is the official newspaper of record for the Talicrat Party, they have no interest in running a story critical of their brethren
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notutopia Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:18:55am |
re: #63 Cognito
Cog, I do believe that everyman is constitutionally entitled to their own reaction. Just as you have reactions and responses which are in total adverse polarity to others on some subjects. Personal accountability is just that, personal.
Overall, Charles is not responsible for how others "react".
I personally pray that Mr. Rohde has not been harmed.
I also pray daily for the safety of Yon and Totten.
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kynna Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:35:53am |
re: #60 Cognito
What the fuck are you talking about?
And this is in reply to the first nonsense you posted and not the post to Charles. So, wait for Charles's attention regarding that rot if you want, but you can answer the question.
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Cognito Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:48:22am |
re: #70 kynna
What the fuck are you talking about?
And this is in reply to the first nonsense you posted and not the post to Charles. So, wait for Charles's attention regarding that rot if you want, but you can answer the question.
I'm talking about the rampant idiocy that has clearly taken hold here. People marching around pretending to know what they're talking about, as though the New York Times isn't working in concert with -- and heeding the advice of -- the authorities.
The actual authorities, that is, instead of a pack of moronic commenters for whom no shot is too cheap.
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tradewind Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:57:45am |
No worries.. he's probably the houseguest of the leader of the Afghani taliban... the same fellow we set free from Gitmo, who just wants to return the hospitality.
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Boxy_brown Wed, Mar 11, 2009 11:03:31am |
I'm talking about the rampant idiocy that has clearly taken hold here. People marching around pretending to know what they're talking about, as though the New York Times isn't working in concert with -- and heeding the advice of -- the authorities.
Wow...
Yeah, the New york Times has an unblemished record of doing the right thing.... Hope this fellow is OK, I truly do, that doesn't make the times a well run paper.
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soxfan4life Wed, Mar 11, 2009 11:25:38am |
re: #4 Ward Cleaver
Why would they hush it up?
It han't been approved for release yet by the Obama propoganda office.
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DistantThunder Wed, Mar 11, 2009 2:04:58pm |
I read that 27 reporters have been killed since 2009 began. I am surprised that more people do not have GP chips implanted so that people can find them sooner rather then months later or not at all. I'm, sure they're keeping it quite so as not to ratchet up the pressure on the terrorists who will demand more money. Maybe he hasn't told them who he really works for an they are going through an intermediary.
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DistantThunder Wed, Mar 11, 2009 2:05:32pm |
re: #76 DistantThunder
I read that 27 reporters have been killed since 2009 began. I am surprised that more people do not have
GPGPS chips implanted so that people can find them sooner rather then months later or not at all. I'm, sure they're keeping it quite so as not to ratchet up the pressure on the terrorists who will demand more money. Maybe he hasn't told them who he really works for an they are going through an intermediary.
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Ponch Wed, Mar 11, 2009 2:21:08pm |
re: #56 Diamond Bullet
Yes, this story is a bit odd after reading up on Rohde and his "work" over the years. He seems to be more of an apologist for the muslims than anything else. If his captors were going to harm him I would think we would have heard more from them by now.
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Sharmuta Wed, Mar 11, 2009 3:34:06pm |
re: #71 Cognito
I'm talking about the rampant idiocy that has clearly taken hold here. People marching around pretending to know what they're talking about, as though the New York Times isn't working in concert with -- and heeding the advice of -- the authorities.
The actual authorities, that is, instead of a pack of moronic commenters for whom no shot is too cheap.
You must think we're fools if you think any of us will believe that now suddenly the NYT cares what the authorities have to say. They sure as hell didn't when they were publishing national security secrets.
Since we're such moronic idiots in your opinion, you'll not be coming back then?
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FurryOldGuyJeans Wed, Mar 11, 2009 4:18:31pm |
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FurryOldGuyJeans Wed, Mar 11, 2009 4:22:05pm |
re: #71 Cognito
The only rampant hypocrisy is from you and your feeble attempts to defend the NYT after they repeatedly undermined a sitting president and national security for years.
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rightymouse Wed, Mar 11, 2009 4:30:15pm |
re: #71 Cognito
I'm talking about the rampant idiocy that has clearly taken hold here. People marching around pretending to know what they're talking about, as though the New York Times isn't working in concert with -- and heeding the advice of -- the authorities.
The actual authorities, that is, instead of a pack of moronic commenters for whom no shot is too cheap.
Still the shill for the MSM, eh?
This is the same newspaper who doesn't think twice about splashing national security leaks from Dem traitors on their pages and printing stories drummed up by liars who can't be bothered to do the real journalistic work.
But you defend them.
Who exactly is the moron?
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Sharmuta Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:56:26pm |
re: #85 Cognito
It's not his job to jump through your hoops.
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