Human Rights Watch: Freedom of Expression and the War

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https://www.hrw.org/reports/1991/us3/ archived copy

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reference

Last checked

2026-11-07

Archived copy

https://web.archive.org/web/20261022095044/https://www.hrw.org/reports/1991/us3/

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• United States military restricts reporters to escorted press pools during the Gulf War
• Claim 204: Pentagon ground rules required pooled reporters' material to be screened before release.
• Claim 205: Defense Secretary Dick Cheney said withholding operational detail was necessary because Iraqi forces could exploit it.
• Claim 207: British journalist Robert Fisk said reporters inside the pool system lost independence from military framing.

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