=== modified file 'modules/comment.module'
--- modules/comment.module	
+++ modules/comment.module	
@@ -733,6 +733,9 @@
         $query_args[] = COMMENT_PUBLISHED;
       }
       $query .= ' GROUP BY c.cid, c.pid, c.nid, c.subject, c.comment, c.format, c.timestamp, c.name, c.mail, u.picture, c.homepage, u.uid, u.name, u.picture, u.data, c.score, c.users';
+      if (!user_access('administer comments')) {
+        $query .= ', c.status';
+      }
       $result = db_query($query, $query_args);
 
       if ($comment = db_fetch_object($result)) {
@@ -753,6 +756,9 @@
       }
 
       $query .= ' GROUP BY c.cid, c.pid, c.nid, c.subject, c.comment, c.format, c.timestamp, c.name, c.mail, u.picture, c.homepage, u.uid, u.name, u.picture, u.data, c.score, c.users, c.thread';
+      if (!user_access('administer comments')) {
+        $query .= ', c.status';
+      }
 
       /*
       ** We want to use the standard pager, but threads would need every