Deputies Question Al Jazeera Film Crew Outside A Texas Nuke Plant
This happened a few days ago.
I have YET to hear anything on this in the MSM. Have you?
Bay City Tribune
Published June 3, 2008
Reporters from the Al Jazeera television network were questioned by Matagorda County Sheriff deputies when they were found filming near the South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Company plant site Tuesday, June 3.
The reporters were from Al Jazeera English’s Washington D.C. broadcast center.
Al Jazeera English is a television network — headquartered in Doha, Qatar — that purposes to be the English-language channel of reference for Middle Eastern events.
According to Captain Stephen Crow, Matagorda County Sheriff Department spokesman, three individuals were spotted filming on the public road right-of-way just outside of the one-mile buffer zone in front of the STP plant site.
The deputy patrolling the STP perimeter questioned the three reporters who told him they were doing a story on uranium mining and its effects on Kingsville farmers.
“They told the deputy the reason they were filming at this site is because it was the only one they knew of who had recent hearings with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for plant expansion,” said Crow.
Other deputies were dispatched to help with questioning and to run background checks on the reporters, said Crow.
“We ran extensive background checks on each individual and found no criminal history or other problems,” said Crow.
“Two were Canadian nationals and one was based in Washington D.C.”
According to Crow, there was no breech of security and the reporters never approached the plant.
“They did a brief filming off of the public roadway and they left,” Crow said.
Sheriff deputies notified STP officials with everything they discovered after questioning the reporters.
“We also learned that they notified the plant on different occasions trying to set up an onsite interview and STP officials declined to meet with them,” said Crow.
Matagorda County Sheriff Department will be working with state and federal law enforcement agencies to keep them briefed on the incident, said Crow.
“Our office is going to continue to monitor this situation,” said Crow.
According to Crow, the cooperation between the Matagorda County Sheriff Department and STP security worked well when tested today.
“We test and we train on instances like this and the speed and cooperation with which our deputies responded to the situation proved how well the coordination efforts work,” said Crow.
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Dry run … IMAO.
June 9th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
I agree 
… Now get a 24/7 guard around there pronto 
June 9th, 2008 at 8:41 pmGlad they showed vigilance, and weren’t afraid of the “race card.”
June 9th, 2008 at 8:51 pmDrill
I agree with your assessment. Seems awfully strange that a middle eastern news station would have any reason to give two shits about the effect of uranium mining on an American farming community. That would have turned my bullshit meter on red alert
June 9th, 2008 at 8:54 pmNever EVER ignore the red flags….
When that hair stands up on end, you get that sense its just not right.
Every one of them red flags is going up with me on this article.
June 9th, 2008 at 8:59 pmRed Lights? Al Jazeera has always done little reports on the sides of their Major reports. Maybe they should beef up security because of the suspicion, but seriously, I’ve been reading Al Jazeera, along with many other new sources, for a really long time. They do all kinds of stories, which would include this. They were even trying to set up an interview.
June 9th, 2008 at 11:31 pmWhy does Al-Jazeera still exist?
June 10th, 2008 at 12:44 amSee “before” and “after” potential. They need a “before” shot before they can run the story. Scary shit.
June 10th, 2008 at 2:29 amAt this point, err on the side of caution.
They did request an interview, which leads to some credibility of their story. I expect our domestic energy production would be of interest to the gulf states.
Still, did they notify anyone they wanted to take film of a nuke plant? Waterboard ‘em.
June 10th, 2008 at 3:22 amThere is a lot more to this that being told. It shows how easily a person of middle east descent can show up anywhere, anytime. Homeland security needs to follow up with an investigation. News reporters from Middle East companies should not be allowed to film any nuclear facility anywhere in the US for whatever reason. Bad policy
June 10th, 2008 at 5:06 amGlad I don’t live in that kill zone !
Hold on a minute, that is right down the road fro…….. bleep
June 10th, 2008 at 6:11 amWhat were these clowns names? No indication of their place of birth or religion. Seems too PC to me.
Drill - sterling analysis, BTW.
June 10th, 2008 at 6:18 am