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Troops and their families. its not that there were no pictures of the flag-draped coffins coming back from iraq. the pentagon had pictures. but they wouldnt release them. and they wouldnt let the media take their own. they walled off those ceremonies and all the visual evidence of them. and for years we did not see them. and then one day a blogger in arizona got a letter from the department of defense. that blogger was named russ kick. and he specializes in finding and preserving and publishing ...

Coverage of military casualties coming home in flag-draped caskets. americans could see the combat. they were happy to embed reporters with the military to make sure the public saw that, but americans would not be able to see for ourselves this other part of the war, the part where we see the human cost to u.s. troops and their families. its not that there were no pictures of the flag-draped coffins coming back from iraq. the pentagon had pictures. but they wouldnt release them. and they wouldnt...

There were pictures the government meant for you to never see when the u.s. invaded iraq at the outset of that war in 2003. president george w. bush declared that there would be no arrival ceremonies and no media coverage of military casualties caskets. americans could see the combat. they were happy to embed reporters with the military to make sure the public saw that, but americans would not be able to see for ourselves this other part of the war, the part where we see the human cost to u.s. t...

Wouldnt release them. >> you said they are ageing old guys. >> they are now. even leon penetta, now he says listen what weve done, especially dealing with another government -- >> for a year? >> they are not holding them for a year. >> they are free to travel and free to go to afghanistan in a year. well have 10,000 troops in afghanistan. >> the united states government is not doing any tracking -- >> let me ask you an important question. if these five guys go back into the field of battle and k...

Wouldnt release them. >> you said they are ageing old guys. >> they are now. even leon penetta, now he says listen what weve done, especially dealing with another government -- >> for a year? >> they are not holding them for a year. >> they are free to travel and free to go to afghanistan in a year. well have 10,000 troops in afghanistan. >> the united states government is not doing any tracking -- >> let me ask you an important question. if these five guys go back into the field of battle and k...