He is the only reporter to have interviewed Bin Laden after the Twin Towers attack (October 2001).

His Kabul reports were not appreciated by American authorities since he told it like it was- indiscriminate bombing of civilians instead of the much toted chirurgical operations.

His condemnation appears to be based on circumstantial evidence. Reporters without Frontiers has issued a highly critical statement.

On another note it has been revealed that the al Jazeera cameraman, Sami Muhyideen al-Hajj has been detained for the past three and half years in Guantanamo without charges. He has been interrogated 100's of times by US authorities who have offered him freedom in exchange for sying on al Jazeera.

It appears that the state of reporting is either you're embedded or you go to prison.