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New York Times Says It Turned to Ireland to Rescue Its Journalist in Egypt

Associated Press

   NEW YORK - The New York Times said it turned to the Irish government to
   rescue a reporter threatened with arrest in Egypt two years ago out of
   concern that the Trump administration wouldn't help.

   Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger revealed the incident during a speech
   at Brown University and in an op-ed published Tuesday. He criticized
   President Donald Trump for seeding a "worldwide assault on journalists
   and journalism" and said it's time for the U.S. to again champion the
   rights of a free press.

   There was no immediate response from the White House.

   In August 2017, the Times was contacted by a U.S. government official
   who warned that Declan Walsh, a reporter based in Egypt, was going to
   be arrested, Sulzberger said. The Times magazine had just published
   Walsh's story about Giulio Regini, an Italian student found dead in
   Cairo and the subject of a dispute between Italy and Egypt about
   whether the Egyptian government was involved.

   The U.S. official who contacted the Times operated on the belief that
   the Trump administration would sit on the information and not help the
   reporter, Sulzberger said. The official feared being punished for
   alerting the Times.
   

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