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This week’s 10 plus 1 feature puts veteran CBS cameraman George Christian in the spotlight, a position unfamiliar to someone who has spent his career on the other side of the lens. But what a career is has been.



If you’ve ever wanted to ask a question of someone who was the network pool cameraman on Air Force One on 9/11 or was one of two individuals in the Oval Office the night President Nixon resigned or covered Gorbachev during Tianamen Square, well, here’s your chance. Those who work behind the scenes have some of the most unique and interesting experiences of anyone in the business, and some of the most distinct views.



You know the drill by now, we ask 10 questions of our weekly subject, then throw open the floor for your submissions. We’ll sort through them and pick one for George to answer, so put on your thinking caps and send us your questions.

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John Cooper is a freelance cameraman who has been working as one of the “roving cameramen” for Newspath, CBS’s news service that provides material for the network’s affiliates across the country. He has been in New Orleans for two weeks, traveling around the city with a producer and a correspondent, seeking stories and filing daily for CBS affiliates.



Cooper has been with CBS News for about 10 years and has been in the news business for 20, covering many hurricanes throughout that time. He has traveled the world working on various documentaries, and most recently, he traveled with CBS News to Iraq to cover the war and to the Georgian Republic to cover President Bush’s visit to the region.



As Hurricane Rita approaches the Gulf Coast, Cooper remains in the area and isn’t yet sure when he’ll return home. On Wednesday, as the city continued to recover and prepare for Rita, he shared his impressions of New Orleans in recent days — from a brutally honest and unique perspective:

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Yesterday, The Wall Street Journal and New York Times told the story of Abdul Ameer Younis Hussein, an Iraqi cameraman for CBS News, who has been detained by the U.S. military "for alleged insurgent activity." Hussein had been shot in the thigh by an American sniper while filming in Mosul after a suicide bombing and was taken into custody while recovering.



As the Wall Street Journal notes in a correction to its original story, CBS "hasn't taken the position that it knows" Hussein is innocent. But the network has argued that the U.S. government has not made evidence available of his guilt.



For us, the situation has illuminated the unique challenges faced by Iraqis employed by foreign news organizations.

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