I guess I'm reading this differently from the others. Remember, Moore had camera crews in Iraq interviewing people about the war. The way I read this article, Nick Berg was one of the people interviewed by Moore's people, long before he was murdered.
It still doesn't sound right. What is the likelihood that Moore's people just happened to come across Berg in Iraq? If he is trying to get a payoff from the family not to release Berg's pro-Bush statements...then it is blackmail, which last time I checked was still a crime. Wasn't there some question about the $70,000 that Berg claimed to have made in a relatively short period of time in Iraq? Could that have possibly been a payoff from Moore for filming? Either way, Moore is in trouble.