THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2006
Washington Post
From former WP Baghdad bureau chief
Jackie Spinner's chat:
Seattle, Wash.: Do reporters in Baghdad think much about what they would or should do if kidnapped? Did you prepare yourself mentally for that possibility? And couldn't Jill have taken more/better precautions? or was her light security a function of freelance status?
Jackie Spinner: To answer your question, reporters in Baghdad do think about the potential for being kidnapped. We do prepare mentally for the possibility. It consumes you and as such you take great precautions to avoid being kidnapped. One of the reasons that Jill traveled as she did was because she wanted to stay off the radar screen. Journalists, even those of us who work for major media organizations, are divided or the best way to travel through Baghdad. Sometimes a bullet-proof car is more obvious. A two-car convoy may attract more attention. So it is really up to the individual reporter and whatever security advice that reporter is being given.
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