CNN is guilty of 'cowardice'

The news that CNN kept to itself included atrocities such as torture and murder committed against its staff and/or its Iraqi employees and sources.

It also kept to itself the knowledge that Saddam Hussein's eldest son, Uday, told Mr. Jordan early on that he intended to assassinate two of his brothers-in-law who had defected and also the man giving them asylum, King Hussein of Jordan.

It appears obvious that for the Hussein clan to confide in the CNN chief such critical and closely held information, they would surely feel that CNN was firmly in their "pocket." To gain this kind of confidence of these tyrants makes one wonder just what else is being "kept to ourselves?"

The whole "confession" reeks. Is "the news we kept to ourselves" a precursor to information CNN fears may possibly come to light as records of this amiable association are uncovered?

One might ask, "what should the chief news executive at CNN have done?"

How about, "chosen virtue over 12 years of cowardly vacillation?"

Armond "Si" Simmons, Pell City, Ala.