<p>Mr. Eason Jordan's admission that CNN had to suppress the news from Baghdad in order to report it brought back memories for me.</p>
<p>In January 1993, I was in Baghdad as a reporter for CNN on a probationary, three-month contract. Previously, I had been a war reporter for CBS News in Vietnam and East Asia and in Central America for ABC News. I had also made three trips to Baghdad for ABC News before the Gulf War.</p>