Saddam's trial to appear on the Internet
Anne Broache and Declan McCullagh write in C|Net News:
The long-awaited trial of deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, scheduled to start Wednesday before a five-judge panel, is going to be broadcast on the Web.
But the Arabic Webcast may not prove to be wildly popular in English-speaking nations; news organizations are grappling with the task of simultaneous translations, and last-minute legal wrangling appears to have eliminated the possibility of live feeds from the courtroom in Iraq.
"There are serious security concerns" associated with a live broadcast, said Michael Scharf, a Case Western Reserve University law professor who has provided training to judges and prosecutors participating in the trial. With a delay, Scharf said, the tribunal has time to blur faces of witnesses who testify and to edit out any other identifying information that could put their lives in danger.
posted by Fergie @ 10/18/2005 04:44:00 PM
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