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Indo-US Diplomatic Stand-Off and the Western Media in the Devyani Khobragade matter

It appears that Wayne and Alicia May, who were officers in the United States Embassy in New Delhi, not only facilitated in the "evac ation" of Indian citi!en"s# so as to see$ to defeat Indian %o rt orders, b t that the US embassy and &or the Mays were also employers of some of the Maid 'ichards( family) If tr e, it is p !!lin* why the US & U+ media did not report this thro *ho t the period since mid,December -./0 to mid,1an ary -./2 when reports to this effect "witho t namin* the Mays# were appearin* in the Indian press) 3his is one reason why the Maid 'ichards was not seen in India as bein* on par with the helpless and the e4ploited) I thin$ there has been a severe professional lapse on the part of the media in the US and U+) I have as$ed scribes 1ason 5 r$e, 6en Macrae, 7eoff Dyer, Andrew 5 ncombe, Amy +a!min, Nater 'aymond, +aren De8o n*, Ellen 5arry, Dean Nelson, Dan 'oberts and Alistair Scr tton if the Maid Richard's family s prior lin! "ith the US embassy "as ever reported in US # UK) 3hese are the ladies and *entlemen who appear to have done m ch of the news covera*e on the s b9ect) So far there is no reply from them) : rther details have since been p blished by the New Indian E4press ; 1an /<, -./2= 'ichards> in,laws wor$ed for US diplomat 7eoffrey 6yatt who was posted in India as Minister %o nselor from -..- to -..?) 3hey were then employed by U!ra @eya, 6olitical %o nselor at the US embassy "-..<,-.//#) 3hen with US diplomats 3imothy and 1oyce Aaley) :inally, by Wayne and Alicia May) Anil Na riya Advocate, S preme %o rt of India 1an ary -/, -./2

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