Whistleblower broke secret of Russian sub and 'saved men's lives

AFP ^ | 8/9/05 | AFP

[d-informed-1]

Without an anonymous phone call by a tearful woman to a local radio station, the world may have heard too late about the Russian submarine stranded in the Pacific to save its seven crew, the journalist who took the call claimed.

Guzel Latypova, a journalist in the port city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, says the mysterious caller shattered an official silence and in doing so pressured the authorities to look abroad for help in mounting the rescue.

The telephone rang at Radio 3, where Latypova is news director, about 24 hours after the AS-28 mini-sub became trapped 190 meters (625 feet) under the Pacific.

"A woman called in tears. She was saying that a mini-sub had got stuck with seven men aboard in the Bay of Berezovaya," Latypova, 32, recounted to AFP. The mystery caller said she had got the news from "someone" in the military.

[d-informed-1]

i didn't see this posted yet.

[Darkwolf377]

The New York Times will praise her, then demand she be investigated, and then ask why she's being investigated, and demand the end to her incarceration, which they demanded.

[Trust but Verify]

I wouldn't be at all surprised if this is proven to be true. THIS is the kind of thing the press is supposed to do, not try to dig into people's private, sealed adoption records.

[maestro]

?....Whose 'antenna' was it?

[SlowBoat407]

The New York Times will praise her, then demand she be investigated, and then ask why she's being investigated, and demand the end to her incarceration, which they demanded.

They will then do an exhaustive investigative report into media interference in the news.

[denydenydeny]

Right now I'm sure Vladimir Putin would agree with Clinton's 1995 assessment of the dangers of talk radio.

[Mr. Mojo]

In Russia, old Soviet habits die hard.

[Frank_Discussion]

I suspect it was their own, but malfunctioned upon deployment...

[BenLurkin]

[maestro]

Thank you....

I thought it might have been Chinese.....

[WestTexasWend]

"This is Russia -- pray!"

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[mtbopfuyn]

Yep, it had to have taken something for Russia to ask for help.

[sergey1973]

This journalist girl is a hero. Otherwise it could be Kursk all over again.

[sergey1973]

PING ! A brave Russian journalist from Kamchatka broke the story of stuck minisub before authorities said anything.

[Cool Multiservice Soldier]

Russia: The government might change, but the lies stay the same.

[llevrok]

Sergei, clear all the lines. Ok. We have a sub down on line 1, Nuke melt down on line 2, a Muslim insurrection on line 3. Go ahead, caller 1........

[1rudeboy]

"This is not a region here, but the edge of Russia, and that changes everything. It's the peninsula of freedom," Latypova quipped. "Don't forget that the inhabitants here are the descendants of adventurers."

Rock on, Ms. Latypova. Stick it to the Man.

[jpsb]

Good for him/her, otherwise there would be 7 brave men dead.

[sergey1973]

Yep.

It's her. It is a 32 year old woman journalist from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

[Frank_Discussion]

Speculation on my part, I have no hard data. It certainly be one of those "ghost nets" that were discussed.