CBS will not have to hand over Hadithah tapes

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CBS will not have to hand over Hadithah tapes
The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Mar 12, 2009 20:53:03 EDT

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — CBS News has won a battle with Marine Corps prosecutors who wanted unaired footage of a “60 Minutes” interview with the key defendant in the killing of 24 Iraqis in 2005.

The North County Times reports on its Web site that a military judge at Camp Pendleton on Thursday denied a subpoena seeking all unaired footage from an interview with Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich.

Lt. Col. Jeffrey Meeks ruled that forcing the network to hand over that material would place the network in the role of being a government tool.

Wuterich is charged with nine counts of voluntary manslaughter and other allegations. They stem from his role leading a squad of Marines in an assault after a bombing in the Iraqi city of Hadithah that killed one of his men.


Article at: http://marinecorpstimes.com/news/2009/03/ap_wuterich_cbs_interview_031209/%2e