War dead are sneaked out of the back gate

[ganulv]

I have a recollection that US war dead, from Iraq, upon arrival at Bangor, Maine, were not photographed aboard the aircraft at one point and there was a controversy over someone taking such photos.

For the better part of the [George W.] Bush administration an already-on-the-books policy prohibiting photographs of returning war dead was enforced; the policy was rescinded in 2009.

The Canadian response has been different, based on viewing amazing You Tube segments as corteges move along highways; I've also seen similar footage in the USA.

I spent several days in Simcoe County in the summer of 2009 and the CF’s involvement in Afghanistan was noticeably front-and-center in public consciousness as compared to what I was accustomed to in the States.