One of the military justifications for the censorship and confiscation of video footage in Afghanistan
U.S. military: Censorship was justified
By MATTHEW PENNINGTON, Associated Press Writer Sat Mar 10, 3:43 AM ET
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - The U.S. military asserted that an American soldier was justified in erasing journalists' footage of the aftermath of a suicide bombing and shooting in Afghanistan last week, saying publication could have compromised a military investigation and led to false public conclusions.
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He added that photographs or video taken by "untrained people" might "capture visual details that are not as they originally were."...(link)
Maybe he's referring to body parts that are no longer part of the original body.
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