Government settles with Journalists whose cameras were seized outside M1 Abrams plant

The Toledo Blade is reporting that the Government has reached an agreement to pay $18,000 in damages to the Toledo Blade after two of their reporters had their cameras seized and were briefly detained by security after taking pictures outside the Lima Ohio General Dynamics Joint Systems Manufacturing Center.  This is the location where the M1 Abrams MBT is produced.  The reporters were taking pictures of the plant from the street, which were intended for use as stock pictures for business articles.  The confiscation of the film was done by US Army personnel under the command of TACOM, not by General Dynamics employees.  Oddly enough, there is no shortage of pictures of the tank plant online. Full article here.