# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2003-us-pentagon-embedding-rules-iraq)
- Source: Public Affairs Guidance on Embedding Media During Possible Future Operations. https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/FOID/Reading%20Room/Administration_and_Management/08-F-1048_Report_and_Commentary_on_the_Embedding_04-23-2003.pdf?ver=2017-05-15-135555-830
- 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.

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