Gazing over the holy sites in Jerusalem, Obama wrote these words: From the promenade above Jerusalem, I looked down at the Old City, the Dome of the Rock, the Western Wall, and the Holy Sepulcher, considered the two thousand years of war
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“Of course, in wartime, journalists, like other citizens, often have a legal responsibility to protect—and at times support—the efforts of their government. For journalists, regardless of their nationality, this usually takes the negative form of restrictions on reporting and dissemination of information, primarily on activities that would be construed or judicially interpreted as aiding or abetting an enemy.63 These restrictions include adhering to rules of engagement, not reporting troop movements, and following other strictures as determined by law and custom.”
― Spin Wars and Spy Games: Global Media and Intelligence Gathering
― Spin Wars and Spy Games: Global Media and Intelligence Gathering
“Contrary to popular belief at the time, German armies were far from total mechanization. In Sixth Army alone, more than twenty-five thousand horses moved guns and supplies.”
― Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad
― Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad
“Man aspires to greatness, but all too often his hopes are submerged by the primitive instinct to survive at any cost.”
― Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad
― Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad
“Foreign sovereigns usually regard any agent or flag bearer,36 whether an industry or a news organization, as representing the interests of the nation in which it is incorporated or where it has its headquarters, regardless of whether a formal or financial relationship exists.”
― Spin Wars and Spy Games: Global Media and Intelligence Gathering
― Spin Wars and Spy Games: Global Media and Intelligence Gathering
“A wide variety of defense and intelligence organizations continue to engage directly with scholars,37 including the US Department of Defense’s Minerva Initiative.”
― Spin Wars and Spy Games: Global Media and Intelligence Gathering
― Spin Wars and Spy Games: Global Media and Intelligence Gathering
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