State Dept. Detains Reporter Over Leaked Saudi Cable

Washington Post ^ | July 13, 2002 | Howard Kurtz

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State Department officials detained a young National Review reporter for questioning at the daily briefing yesterday after he asked about a classified cable involving embarrassing problems with U.S. visas in Saudi Arabia.

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Here's National Review's take on it

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"Mowbray, an online columnist who joined National Review a few months ago, is clearly an activist on the issue. He testified before a House Government Reform subcommittee last month, calling the visa office "a bloated bureaucracy trapped in a death grip of inertia" that is "leaving open a gaping hole in our border security."

Sounds like State got caught again with their pants down in a Saudi twist. Mowbray did a good thing.

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Yep, and this was the best thing that could have happened to bring more attention to the story and the State Dept's incompetence

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