The US ambassador had Belgian police stop our reporting

Journalists from The European Correspondent were detained and removed from a US embassy-sponsored "Freedom 250" celebration in Brussels after attempting to ask US Ambassador Bill White a question about allegations he had threatened an American citizen. Belgian police, operating without visible identification, removed the reporters at the embassy's instruction after being told one was an "active threat," though officers later acknowledged the detention was a mistake. The incident raises questions about the use of police to suppress press access at a privately-funded but government-organized event.