Breaking News: Due to Public Outcry, Coast Guard Rescinds Ban on Reporters and Photographers from Oil Spill: "National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen today announced new procedures to allow media free travel within the 20-meter boom safety zones if they have followed simple procedures for credentialing, and provided they follow certain rules and guidelines.
'I have put out a direction that the press are to have clear, unfettered access to this event, with two exceptions -- if there is a safety or security concern,' said Allen. “This boom is critical to the defense of the marshes and the beaches.”
'We need to discriminate between media, which have a reason to be there and somebody who's hanging around when we know that we've had equipment vital to this region damaged,' Allen said."
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