U.S._ Cotton calls for Justice Dept. probe of news photographers ‘embedded with Hamas’

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Cotton calls for Justice Dept. probe of news photographers ‘embedded with Hamas’

New York Times fires back by accusing Arkansas Republican of 'disinformation'

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., speaks during a mark up business meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) more >


By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times - Friday, November 10, 2023


Sen. Tom Cotton has called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to open a national-security investigation into four major media companies whose freelance photographers were on the ground at the Hamas attack on Israel.

Mr. Cotton, Arkansas Republican, said the six Gaza-based photographers working that day for the Associated Press and Reuters “almost certainly knew about the attack in advance,” raising questions about whether the news organizations violated U.S. law.

“The DOJ needs to immediately open an investigation into whether @AP, @CNN, @nytimes, and @Reuters committed federal crimes by having journalists embedded with Hamas,” Mr. Cotton posted on X on Friday.

One of the freelancers, Yousef Masoud, works for The New York Times, and another, Hassan Eslaiah, has worked for CNN. The cable news network cut ties with Mr. Eslaiah following the Wednesday report by pro-Israel media watchdog Honest Reporting.

The news organizations have denied any prior knowledge of the early-morning surprise attack that saw Hamas terrorists invading from the Gaza Strip kill more than 1,400 Israeli civilians, prompting Israel to declare war.

“I write regarding reports that so-called ‘journalists’ employed by the Associated Press, CNN, New York Times, and Reuters accompanied Hamas terrorists into Israel during the October 7 terror attack,” said Mr. Cotton in the letter released Friday. “These individuals almost certainly knew about the attack in advance, and even participated by accompanying Hamas terrorists during the attack and filming the heinous acts.”

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