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Rain Monkey
September 11th, 2005, 09:15 AM
The Bush Administration backed down when CNN brought a case to federal court Saturday, Sept. 10, seeking to restore First Amendment protections for news coverage in the Katrina Disaster Zone.

http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001096279

"Reporters can watch recovery efforts they come upon, but they won't be embedded with search teams."

This refers to an area administered under martial law, and restricted as a regional biohazard, so the victory is not likely to result in many images that would portray the present reality.