Allegations Flare That N.Y. Times Paid For Release of David Rohde, Times Now Exposing Hostages?
Former Green Beret-turned-war correspondent Michael Yon has created quite a controversy this week by accusing the New York Times of putting hostages in danger and paying for the release of captured reporter David Rohde.
The Times published an article containing a lot of information about two British hostages captured by Somalian pirates.
Yon made a series of tweets on Sunday eviscerating the Times for hypocrisy, after they kept Rohde’s capture secret, and also claimed that Rohde’s release had been paid for.
Kept it all quiet for NYT. Now why are the NYT endangering British hostages in Somalia? NYT needs to shut up. They are endangering British.2:59 AM Nov 1st from web
I have been told by very close sources that ex-CIA officers helped pay off release for Rohde. I knew this while it was ongoing.2:56 AM Nov 1st from web
The story made its way around the blogosphere, including Newsbusters, Gawker, and the Huffington Post. The Times responded on one of their blogs.
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