Posted on 04/23/2009 7:00:42 PM PDT by Steelfish
Obama administration to release Bush-era detainee photos
The pictures show Americans' alleged abuse of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan.
An ACLU lawyer says they prove that Abu Ghraib 'was not aberrational.'
By Peter Wallsten, Julian Barnes and Greg Miller April 23, 2009
Reporting from Washington -- The Obama administration agreed late Thursday to release dozens of photographs depicting alleged abuse by U.S. personnel during the Bush administration of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan.
At least 44 pictures will be released on May 28 -- making public for the first time images of what the military investigated as abuse that took place at facilities other than the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
Military helped with CIA interrogation tactics, report says Defense officials would not say exactly what is contained in the photos, but said they are concerned that the release could incite a backlash in the Middle East.
The photos are apparently not as shocking as the photographs from the Abu Ghraib investigation that became a lasting symbol of U.S. mistakes in Iraq. But some show military service members intimidating or threatening detainees by pointing weapons at them. Military officers have been court-martialed for threatening detainees at gunpoint.
"This will constitute visual proof that, unlike the Bush administration's claim, the abuse was not confined to Abu Ghraib and was not aberrational," said Amrit Singh, a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union, which obtained the agreement as part of a long-running legal battle for documents related to Bush-era anti-terror policies.
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The ACLU, Satan’s little helpers.
Hey, LA Times? When are you going to release the pro-Palestinian ‘dinner party’ tape, huh?
Oh no! I hope it’s not the pics with the ladybugs & catepillars!
Obama won’t be President forever. The next administration can jail him for screwing up the economy.
Added to the list..
How about releasing the photos of Muslims beheading Daniel Pearl and others again? Or maybe people leaping out of the Twin Towers?
(Seriously, we have an "Amrit Singh" on the list ~ could be a different one ~ they share only a few dozen names at most).
Oooohhh, thanks for that reminder!
Obama is out to destroy America.
apparently the bolsheviks in the WH found out the terrorists are losing the war and need mr. obama’s help in boosting their morale and recruitment
releasing these inflammatory photos .... and sending another 21,000 kids to fight in Afghanistan at the same time
are these people in the White House INSANE?
Remember how quickly all of the news outlets stopped showing the 9/11 footage as “too disturbing”.
IMO it should be shown at every commercial break.
Pointing weapons at prisoners? So? Big deal. What a friggin’ disaster this Maobama is.
Yep! Keep the public crying over Bush while Obama destroys the US economy!
I hope you’re right about that. He does think he’s prez for life.
What is the problem with fu**ing assholes who are not participants in the Geneva Conventions? They don’t show us any mercy.
Another case of Bammy undermining America.
Ask Joe Sixpack if he cares about torturing towelheads!
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