Claim 210

Embargoes on operational details were to be lifted once the security concern had passed.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: Embargoes on operational details were to be lifted once the security concern had passed.
Field: effect_on_reporting
Value: Embargoes tied to operational security only
About: incident 2003-us-pentagon-embedding-rules-iraq
Source: Public Affairs Guidance on Embedding Media During Possible Future Operations
Publisher: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
Method: primary document
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2003-02-10

Quotation from the source

Embargoes will only be used for operational security and will be lifted as soon as the operational security issue has passed.