In the first place, the "NBC Producer" was, most likely, a Muslim or a "local hire". He probably carries Al Jazeera credentials, as well as those of NBC. His risk was minimal, at best. Taliban had a propaganda story to tell, NBC new that going in. Then NBC claimed that "intelligence analysts" had told them showing the video was a "good thing". Turns out the "intelligence analyst" was one of NBC's rent a soldiers, not someone from the US Government who probably has a different view of what NBC and "Lady HaHa (aka Lisa Myers) did.
I've been wrong defending the media before, and maybe I'm wrong here. I think there needs to be more information in the press about who we're fighting. It's like O'Reilly interviewing the two former terrorists on last nights program. Does O'Reilly need to be executed now, too (realizing it was someone else who called for the execution of NBC's producer). Like I said, defending the media is a losing proposition and I'm reluctant to do it, but I think these kinds of stories are important because I think most Americans have forgotten who and what we're fighting.