Re: Digest for vietnam-old-hacks@googlegroups.com - 1 update in 1 topic

[Dawson]

• CIA investigated Napalm Girl photo back in '72.

Carl Robinson <robinso...@gmail.com>: Sep 07 03:51PM +1000 Just for the record, I'm with you, mostly, on Snepp. But this was the first time I'd read about an NDA, slapped on by a "news" agency? Never heard of that. Is there some explanation, somewhere? I have never and would never agree to such a demand by someone involved in news. And how did we get to The Stringer when there were NDAs?

The thlot pickens!

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[Carl Robinson]

Replying to Al Dawson's (see below), the NDA's were from the producers of The Stringer documentary and on the principals involved, such as myself and the real photographer Nghe after we found him, and others involved.  A standard practice in that world to protect the story's development and legal exposure of the principals.  I wasn't even allowed to reveal the subject of the documentary I was working on.  

The producers' use of the NDA's is one of those deliberate distractions or deflections that critics of the documentary have used since even before its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival back in January.  Specifically, that the VII Foundation wanted AP to sign an NDA before revealing their findings when they sought comment from them.   They should've asked for an embargo, but the point was to let the documentary tell the story, especially after all the time, effort and especially money involved.  AP refused and made a big deal of that and it became another talking point that Frank Snepp's side of things have been using.  

I guess the equivalent would be his own confidentiality agreement with the CIA and which he violated by writing his book, A Decent Interval.  And he did suffer the legal consequences.  Similarly, if I'd started mouthing off about finding Nghe and anything else about The Stringer, I would've been liable legally.   So, Snepp's argument doesn't make any sense, quite frankly. 

Anyway, Netflix has the doco and should go to air before year's end.  Judge for yourselves, folks. 

Cheers,

Carl

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