Dan Rather's crew 'humiliated by Israeli security'

In a letter to Israeli officials, producer says legendary anchorman's crew held up for hours at security checks, strip-searched before interview with Deputy PM Meridor Associated Press

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03.25.11, 10:30 / Israel News

A crew for Dan Rather was harassed and humiliated by Israeli security officials, a producer for his show has said, accusing them of forcing the staffers to drop their pants for a strip search before seeing a Cabinet minister.

The allegations, made in a letter to Israeli officials that was obtained by The Associated Press, add to growing complaints about how Israeli security officials treat foreign media.

Andrew Glazer, an Emmy-award winning producer at Dan Rather Reports, wrote that the legendary anchorman came to do a story about improving Israeli-Palestinian relations pitched by Israel's Foreign Ministry.

Glazer said problems mounted after they arrived. He said they were held up for hours at security checks. Israeli soldiers barred the crew's veteran Palestinian cameramen — a Jerusalem resident — from accompanying Rather to a West Bank neighborhood. And then came the strip search before an interview with Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor.

"Mr. Rather said that in his career, he had never seen a crew forced to strip prior to an interview — including the one he conducted with Saddam Hussein," Glazer wrote.

Read more here: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4047674,00.html

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Comment by LYNN SHEDLER on April 14, 2011 at 5:20am: It's fine if it belongs to this SITE!!! Bar Codes are not meant to be "shared". It is there for

the individual cell phones - not the Internet.

Comment by Sweettina2 on April 13, 2011 at 4:46pm: I didnt put that box there Lynn, matter of fact, I dont know about it at all. Its on many of the pages.

Comment by LYNN SHEDLER on April 13, 2011 at 3:14am: That Icon at the right is a BAR CODE. Don't EVER give your BAR CODE OUT to anyone. Or

you'll be sorry. Your cell phone bill will be unbelievable!!! (It is the black & white; maze like

square box you see on this page).....

Comment by LYNN SHEDLER on April 13, 2011 at 3:08am: Dropping your pants is part of a strip search. According to "Prison Rules". It's called in the

Prison System as a "body cavity search" - Must be horrible!!!

Comment by LYNN SHEDLER on April 13, 2011 at 3:01am: How humliating for them. That could have been avoided if Bush hadn't started this and

gotten involved in this WAR!!! Just couldn't keep out of it... That's where American tax dollars went and not to the needy and homeless in the U.S. How can I say I "Like This" when the Americans are strip searching & fondling their own PEOPLE (and children). What

goes around - comes around!!!

Comment by Sweettina2 on March 29, 2011 at 3:15pm: Sidney, the point of the story was Israel and their bastard ways.

Comment by Sidney Leibson on March 29, 2011 at 1:41pm: Dan Rather and crew are so NWO and if theiw story was on anything else you would be the first to say so.

I say this is love and in respect.

Comment by Tara on March 28, 2011 at 10:33am: Dan Rather and crew need to keep shining a bright light on this incident and let the truth be told.... enough is enough already.