Nightline (ABC) - 2005-10-06
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[0:01] October 6th, 2005. I'm Ted Cppel and
[0:05] this is Night Line. Tonight, a crusading
[0:08] American journalist gunned down last
[0:10] year in Moscow. Paul being a business
[0:13] journalist in Russia, it was a very
[0:15] fertile environment within which to work
[0:17] because there literally was so much
[0:19] corruption, so much negligence and abuse
[0:21] in the government. billions of dollars,
[0:24] politicians who are corrupt, businessmen
[0:26] who are corrupt, uh, along with
[0:28] organized crime. That's a very dangerous
[0:30] combination. I'm sure there were people
[0:32] who were very nervous about what was
[0:34] Paul Klenikov going to investigate next.
[0:37] Tonight, murder in Moscow. Who killed
[0:41] Paul Klebnikov
[0:43] and why?
[0:46] This is the story of Paul Klepnikov, an
[0:48] American journalist who was killed
[0:50] gangland style in Moscow more than a
[0:52] year ago. The Russian government insists
[0:55] that it has solved the murder, that it
[0:58] was ordered by a fugitive Chetchin
[1:00] warlord, who may or may not still be
[1:02] alive. A number of Klebnikov's American
[1:05] and Russian colleagues remain
[1:07] unconvinced and are continuing to
[1:10] investigate the crime. There is a
[1:13] committee supported by many news
[1:15] organizations including ABC News which
[1:18] tries to keep international attention
[1:20] focused on reporters around the world
[1:22] who have been wrongfully arrested,
[1:24] beaten, tortured or killed. It's a
[1:27] nonprofit organization known as the
[1:29] Committee to Protect Journalists. I am a
[1:32] longtime supporter of the CPJ, but my
[1:34] colleague Dave Marish actually sits on
[1:37] its board of directors. Like most people
[1:40] in almost any profession, we take it
[1:42] very pe