[Doctor Stochastic]

And what's wrong with this? Rumsfeld was just trying to dodge the press and he got outfoxed. ...only soldiers could ask question...

Of course, if the soldiers didn't like the questions proposed by the reporter, they didn't have to ask them.

[af_vet_rr]

Of course, if the soldiers didn't like the questions proposed by the reporter, they didn't have to ask them.

Nor did the large number of soldiers that began applauding and cheering have to applaud and cheer.

Regardless of the now well-known fact that there maybe a serious problem with certain units/vehicles, it was still a security breach. You do not discuss vulnerabilities in a forum where it can be sent out to the world.

[somerville]

I'm a journalist and as I said in an earlier post, my brother was an embedded reporter during the Iraq war for a weekly magazine and this is just clearly breaking the rules. I have never heard of anyone working with an interview subject to think up questions. It's the most bizarre thing I've ever heard. The journalist and the subjects are supposed to stay on different teams - only in this case they didn't. I showed the Drudge report to my journalist colleagues at work and they couldn't believe it. No one here has heard of anyone doing this.