http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/15/international/middleeast/15VIDE.html
On releasing the news of Hussein’s capture: “Iraqis were to have a role in announcing the news and that the images of the quarry were to be broadcast worldwide as quickly as possible, to leave little time for conspiracy theories to course through Iraqi towns and villages.”
(I’m travelling at the moment, and found out about it via spam: a message with the subject “News Flash - Saddam Hussein Captured! Get the Cards Before They Sell Out!”)