Insider Journalism
September 30, 2005
Al-Jazeera correspondent Taysir Allouni covered the U.S. war against the Taliban and the Coalition invasion of Iraq, and even secured an interview with Osama Bin Laden shortly after the 9/11 attacks. But did he get too close to his sources? A Spanish court convicted Allouni this week of collaborating with al Qaeda. James Badcock, who covered the trial for Spain's El País, tells Bob the case was largely circumstantial.
