The so-called “troop-ship exception” to the illegality of prior restraint allows government, in time of war, or a situation “tantamount to war” to control the publication or airing/ broadcast of information on the movement of troops or deployment of ships etc.
Newspeg: “An audio recording believed to be those of two German hostages of the Abu Sayyaf has them appealing to both the Philippine and Germany governments “to do all they can” to get them out of captivity “as soon as possible” and anxious over their medical condition on top of the threat to their lives”. (News TV 5 and Interaksyon). (this podcast plays automatically)
(5 seconds of intro music from “The Hurt Locker” used here non-commercially for academic purposes).
