Carol Rosenberg
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Carol Rosenberg is a senior journalist, currently with the McClatchy News Service.
Rosenberg works at the Miami Herald, which has provided extensive coverage of the operation of the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba
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, Carol Rosenberg was raised in West Hartford, Connecticut
before attending the University of Massachusetts Amherst
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The New York Times interviewed her in 1980 when the campus was evacuated due to a water system breakdown.
By 1991 she was working for the Miami Herald, and covering international stories.
Clarence Page
wrote that Rosenberg and a colleague Susan Sachs of Newsday
were barred by Pentagon
officials from reporting on the 1st Marine Division's activity during the 1991 Gulf War.
She has been a Knight journalism fellow at Stanford University
and has appeared on PBS's NewsHour and CBC Radio's
international news program Dispatches.
She has written about how bottled water at Guantanamo is kept chilled in an almost two-ton shipping refrigerator meant for the dead. She has also written about one general attacking another general as "abusive, bullying, unprofessional" in a dispute over trial tactics at the war court.
Rosenberg was one of the four journalists sent home from the camp early following camp authorities report three captives had committed suicide on June 10 2006.
Carol J. Williams of the Los Angeles Times
and Rosenberg had arrived early for a June 12 hearing. Following the reported deaths all hearings were cancelled, but Camp Commandant Harry Harris initially gave the two reporters permission to stay.
Subsequently Commander
Jeffrey D. Gordon
, a DoD spokesman, announced that all the reporters were to be sent home. According to Gordon other organizations had threatened to sue if their reporters weren't also given access to the base. Rosenberg has since returned to Guantanamo and has written about constraints on the press at that facility, which she describes as "outside the rule of law."
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"Have you ever had a red hot poker shoved up your a—?" Gordon claims Rosenberg asked. "Have you ever had a broomstick shoved up your a—? ... Have you ever had anything in your a—? How would you know how it feels if it never happened to you? Admit it, you liked it."
One friend, Los Angeles Times reporter Carol Williams, dismissed the letter, saying, "This is an attempt to discredit a journalist who has managed to transcend incredible odds to cover a story of tremendous significance to the American public." Jamie McIntyre, a former CNN Pentagon correspondent, said of Rosenberg's interactions with Gordon: "I didn't think there was any sort of sexual abuse, unless you're telling me a naval officer, a sailor, isn't used to hearing anatomical references in anger. It sounds like an overreaction on everybody's part." He said Rosenberg "was always professional in her demeanor when I was around her."
On August 3 2009 the Miami Herald reported that it had concluded its internal inquiry.
The internal inquiry, after interviewing both reporters and other Guantanamo staff, who would have been present during the incidents
"did not find corroboration" for Gordon's claims.
Elissa Vanaver. the Miami Heralds Vice President of Human Resources, wrote to the Pentagon
to inform the authorities of the conclusions reached by their inquiry.
The Miami Herald reported many of Rosenberg's colleagues and former interview subjects had contacted the Miami Herald to support her.
Those who contacted the Miami Herald to express their respect for Rosenberg included military officers, including flag officers.
The Miami Herald quoted an email from Gordon's superior, Colonel David Lapan, where he characterized Gordon's complaint as "a private matter":
Commenting on the results of the Miami Heralds inquiry Howard Kurtz noted that the Miami Herald acknowledged that Rosenberg had used profanity
Gordon returned to the issue in a column writtend for Fox News on August 9 2010.
He called her "notorious for clashes" and claimed she used language "...that would make even Helen Thomas blush."
By the fall of 2011 Gordon would assert he could no longer remember the details of his complain.
On October 31 2011 The Atlantic Wire repeated Gordon's 2009 claim
"I've been abused worse than the detainees have been abused." and compared it with his blithe dismissal of complaints about sexual harrassment allegation against his boss, presidential candidate Herman Cain
.
for her reporting from Guantánamo Bay.
Rosenberg works at the Miami Herald, which has provided extensive coverage of the operation of the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
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Biography
The middle sister of science fiction novelist Joel RosenbergJoel Rosenberg (science fiction author)
Joel Rosenberg was a Canadian American science fiction and fantasy author best known for his long-running "Guardians of the Flame" series. Rosenberg was also a guns rights activist...
, Carol Rosenberg was raised in West Hartford, Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
before attending the University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Massachusetts Amherst
The University of Massachusetts Amherst is a public research and land-grant university in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States and the flagship of the University of Massachusetts system...
.
The New York Times interviewed her in 1980 when the campus was evacuated due to a water system breakdown.
By 1991 she was working for the Miami Herald, and covering international stories.
Clarence Page
Clarence Page
Clarence Page is an American journalist, syndicated columnist, and senior member of The Chicago Tribune editorial board.-Early years:...
wrote that Rosenberg and a colleague Susan Sachs of Newsday
Newsday
Newsday is a daily American newspaper that primarily serves Nassau and Suffolk counties and the New York City borough of Queens on Long Island, although it is sold throughout the New York metropolitan area...
were barred by Pentagon
The Pentagon
The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, located in Arlington County, Virginia. As a symbol of the U.S. military, "the Pentagon" is often used metonymically to refer to the Department of Defense rather than the building itself.Designed by the American architect...
officials from reporting on the 1st Marine Division's activity during the 1991 Gulf War.
She has been a Knight journalism fellow at Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
and has appeared on PBS's NewsHour and CBC Radio's
CBC Radio
CBC Radio generally refers to the English-language radio operations of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The CBC operates a number of radio networks serving different audiences and programming niches, all of which are outlined below.-English:CBC Radio operates three English language...
international news program Dispatches.
Coverage of Guantanamo Bay
A significant amount of Rosenberg's coverage focuses on the terrorism trials and suicides at Guantanamo. She has written about a prisoner so afraid of returning to his native Tajikistan that he asked to stay at the prison in Cuba.She has written about how bottled water at Guantanamo is kept chilled in an almost two-ton shipping refrigerator meant for the dead. She has also written about one general attacking another general as "abusive, bullying, unprofessional" in a dispute over trial tactics at the war court.
Rosenberg was one of the four journalists sent home from the camp early following camp authorities report three captives had committed suicide on June 10 2006.
Carol J. Williams of the Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
and Rosenberg had arrived early for a June 12 hearing. Following the reported deaths all hearings were cancelled, but Camp Commandant Harry Harris initially gave the two reporters permission to stay.
Subsequently Commander
Commander
Commander is a naval rank which is also sometimes used as a military title depending on the individual customs of a given military service. Commander is also used as a rank or title in some organizations outside of the armed forces, particularly in police and law enforcement.-Commander as a naval...
Jeffrey D. Gordon
Jeffrey D. Gordon
Jeffrey D. Gordon is a communications consultant to several conservative Washington, DC-based think tanks. Gordon is also a contributing columnist to Fox News, AOL News, the Washington Times and other media outlets. Previously, he was a Commander in the United States Navy.-Naval career:He was...
, a DoD spokesman, announced that all the reporters were to be sent home. According to Gordon other organizations had threatened to sue if their reporters weren't also given access to the base. Rosenberg has since returned to Guantanamo and has written about constraints on the press at that facility, which she describes as "outside the rule of law."
Attempt to discredit her work at Guantanamo
On July 22, 2009 she was named in a sexual harassment complaint by US Navy Commander Jeffrey D. GordonJeffrey D. Gordon
Jeffrey D. Gordon is a communications consultant to several conservative Washington, DC-based think tanks. Gordon is also a contributing columnist to Fox News, AOL News, the Washington Times and other media outlets. Previously, he was a Commander in the United States Navy.-Naval career:He was...
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"Have you ever had a red hot poker shoved up your a—?" Gordon claims Rosenberg asked. "Have you ever had a broomstick shoved up your a—? ... Have you ever had anything in your a—? How would you know how it feels if it never happened to you? Admit it, you liked it."
One friend, Los Angeles Times reporter Carol Williams, dismissed the letter, saying, "This is an attempt to discredit a journalist who has managed to transcend incredible odds to cover a story of tremendous significance to the American public." Jamie McIntyre, a former CNN Pentagon correspondent, said of Rosenberg's interactions with Gordon: "I didn't think there was any sort of sexual abuse, unless you're telling me a naval officer, a sailor, isn't used to hearing anatomical references in anger. It sounds like an overreaction on everybody's part." He said Rosenberg "was always professional in her demeanor when I was around her."
On August 3 2009 the Miami Herald reported that it had concluded its internal inquiry.
The internal inquiry, after interviewing both reporters and other Guantanamo staff, who would have been present during the incidents
"did not find corroboration" for Gordon's claims.
Elissa Vanaver. the Miami Heralds Vice President of Human Resources, wrote to the Pentagon
The Pentagon
The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, located in Arlington County, Virginia. As a symbol of the U.S. military, "the Pentagon" is often used metonymically to refer to the Department of Defense rather than the building itself.Designed by the American architect...
to inform the authorities of the conclusions reached by their inquiry.
The Miami Herald reported many of Rosenberg's colleagues and former interview subjects had contacted the Miami Herald to support her.
Those who contacted the Miami Herald to express their respect for Rosenberg included military officers, including flag officers.
The Miami Herald quoted an email from Gordon's superior, Colonel David Lapan, where he characterized Gordon's complaint as "a private matter":
Commenting on the results of the Miami Heralds inquiry Howard Kurtz noted that the Miami Herald acknowledged that Rosenberg had used profanity
Gordon returned to the issue in a column writtend for Fox News on August 9 2010.
He called her "notorious for clashes" and claimed she used language "...that would make even Helen Thomas blush."
By the fall of 2011 Gordon would assert he could no longer remember the details of his complain.
On October 31 2011 The Atlantic Wire repeated Gordon's 2009 claim
"I've been abused worse than the detainees have been abused." and compared it with his blithe dismissal of complaints about sexual harrassment allegation against his boss, presidential candidate Herman Cain
Herman Cain
Herman Cain is a candidate for the 2012 U.S. Republican Party presidential nomination.Cain has a background as a business executive, syndicated columnist, and radio host from Georgia. He served as chairman and CEO of Godfather's Pizza from 1986 to 1996...
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Awards
In 2011 Rosenberg won the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism AwardRobert F. Kennedy Journalism Award
The Robert F. Kennedy Awards for Excellence in Journalism is journalisms award named after Robert F. Kennedy and awarded by the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights. The annual awards are issued in several categories and were established in December 1968 by a group of reporters who...
for her reporting from Guantánamo Bay.
External links
Read more:- Carol Rosenberg, Commentary: For reporters, the rules at Guantanamo change daily
- Pentagon bans 4 journalists from Guantanamo court ReutersReutersReuters is a news agency headquartered in New York City. Until 2008 the Reuters news agency formed part of a British independent company, Reuters Group plc, which was also a provider of financial market data...
May 6, 2010 - Full sexual harassment claim against Rosenberg