Guantanamo

WATCH: Pentagon Announces Banning Of Journalists From Gitmo Trials

Justin Elliott | May 7, 2010, 3:22PM

Maj. Tanya Bradsher talks to reporters

As David flagged on the Editors Blog last night, the Pentagon yesterday banned four journalists from covering trials at Guantanamo after they reported the name of a former military interrogator (which, the reporters note, has been public for years, including from a media interview the interrogator himself gave).

In any case, here's the striking video of Department of Defense spokeswoman Maj. Tanya Bradsher announcing the banning, and the military's rationale, to members of the press yesterday. Watch:

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