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Should terrorists be censored? (7min)

Last month, ABC's Nightline aired an interview with self-described "terrorist" and Chechen separatist leader Shamil Basayev. In response, Russia revoked the accreditations for all ABC journalists. It's not the first time a government has tried to curtail the speech of its enemies. For years, the British government waged a similar battle against the IRA and Sinn Féin. Anne Cadwallader, a British reporter in Belfast, is opposed to both instances of censorship. She explains to Host Bob Garfield why words are more important then the mouth they come out of.
Read entire article at NPR "On the Media"