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To: jackv
When there is a kidnapping in the US the FBI tends to want to keep the press out of it as long as possible so they can talk directly to the kidnappers and work out a plan in quiet.

When the press gets involved the pressure can become to great for the kidnappers and they might make a hasty decesion to kill the people they are holding.

585 posted on 08/15/2006 10:11:28 AM PDT by LukeL
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To: LukeL

I agree with you but don't understand the difference when it came to the kidnapping of our soldiers, the Christian Science person, the construction worker, Nick Berg, Danny Pearl, etc., etc.
Those stories were "News Alert" items every few minutes and front page news for days. My concern is the same for Steve Centanni as it was for those stories. It really is not morbid curiosity as I'm being called by some. Seems a bit of a double standard to me. I hope Fox will not turn around and highlight other kidnappings in the future with this newfound silence on the matter of kidnappings. Perhaps they have a new outlook since it is one of their own which I can understand. We shall see.


586 posted on 08/15/2006 10:21:53 AM PDT by jackv (just shakin' my head)
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