yeah...I remember that. Just pure luckup lucky fortune they were there at the right place, right time...
Now that I do not agree with. We already know that CNN was colluding with Saddam for access, covering the news the way he wanted it.
Additionally, the CIA tried to warn Arnett that there was a Iraqi communications unit in the basement. Arnett’s reply “I’ve been walking all over the hotel and have seen nothing like that” was so over the top silly it proves he was complicit in the situation.
The luck was having someone as combat proven as Arnett there. If Shaw had been by himself, nobody would have seen anything.