Is The BBC Publicizing Al Qaeda's Cause?

Analysis by The Daily Telegraph suggests the number is one for Bush House, home of the BBC World Service Photo: REX

WikiLeaks: Leaked Files Accuse BBC Of Being Part Of A 'Possible Propaganda Media Network' -- The Telegraph

The BBC is accused of being part of a “possible propaganda media network” for Al Qaeda, according to the leaked US files on the Guantanamo detainees.

The files, obtained by the WikiLeaks website and passed to The Daily Telegraph, disclose that a phone number of someone at the BBC was found in the phone books and phones of a number of extremists seized by US forces.

A detainee assessment, dated 21 April 2007, states: "The London, United Kingdom (UK), phone number 0044 207 XXX XXXX was discovered in numerous seized phone books and phones associated with extremist-linked individuals.

“The number is associated with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).” Analysis by The Daily Telegraph suggests the number is one for Bush House, home of the BBC World Service.

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My Comment: If this was World War Two, today's BBC mindset would have the network bend over backwards to get an interview with Hitler to get his side of the story .... and this is the problem with the BBC today. Their search for moral equivalence that would justify interviewing someone like Osama Bin Laden paints a totally wrong picture of who Osama Bin laden is .... and more importantly .... what he represents. But in the eyes of the BBC .... Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda are an organization that deserves a voice .... regardless of how evil that voice is.