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Washington, February 22, 2002 – Robert Reilly, the director of the Voice of America, condemned the murder of "Wall Street Journal" reporter Daniel Pearl in Pakistan. He added that those who carried out this "evil deed" will not succeed in limiting coverage of events in that region by Western journalists.

"In covering extremist elements in Pakistan," Reilly said, "Mr. Pearl exemplified the best of journalism by bravely undertaking the risks required to get the story." 

Those who killed Pearl, Reilly continued, will never achieve their goals because other journalists, including those at the Voice of America, are even now continuing his efforts.

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