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Kerry: Detainee Photos Could Be Terrorist Propaganda, But Truth Is Important
Wopular.com ^ | 4/24/09

Posted on 04/24/2009 2:07:25 PM PDT by lewisglad

Senate foreign relations committee chairman John Kerry said on Friday that he was concerned the release of photos depicting the abusive treatment of detainees in U.S. custody could become "propaganda tool" for terrorist organizations.

In an interview with the Huffington Post, the Massachusetts Democrat was asked to respond to news that the Department of Defense would be releasing 44 photos pertaining to the harsh handling of detainees at prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan.

"I think showing the truth is always important," said Kerry. "But I do think it will be used as a propaganda tool and have some damaging impact. But this didn't happen under Obama, it happened under Bush and every one understands that."

Kerry stressed in the interview that this was not a decision made by the Obama administration. "They are not releasing them because they want to, but because there was a FOIA request and a judge is ordering them released," he said.

He also stressed that Obama had put an end to these interrogation tactics, which would, in due course, eliminate a galvanizing tool used by these same terrorist cells. "We are trying to move to a new place," he said, "and we have ended these policies." But he did concede that the pictures "will be used as a tool... as were the other photos [from Abu Ghraib]."

The remarks were part of a broader discussion with the Senator on current state of American foreign policy.

The release of the 44 photographs comes in response to an American Civil Liberties Union Freedom of Information Act request for all information relating to detainee treatment. Last week, the Obama White House released four OLC memos in response to the same FOIA request.

Lawyers for the ACLU hailed the move as another nod towards a more transparent approach by the White House. But CIA officials told ABC News that they were disappointed the Obama administration did not fight the FOIA request up to the Supreme Court.

"They should have fought it all the way; if they lost, they lost," said Dr. Mark M. Lowenthal, former Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Analysis and Production. "There's nothing to be gained from it. There's no substantive reason why those photos have to be released."


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: abughraibphotos; johnkerry; procommunist; traitor
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To: Doogle

21 posted on 04/24/2009 2:26:13 PM PDT by lewisglad
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To: lewisglad

Some of you folks don’t realize John F’in Kerry served in Vietnam and got a Purple Heart.

Just ask him.


22 posted on 04/24/2009 2:28:53 PM PDT by cowtowney
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To: astounded

"It would seem his hypocrisy knows no bounds."

23 posted on 04/24/2009 2:33:14 PM PDT by JennysCool (Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything. -- Wyatt Earp)
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To: arthurus

Well, they also want them as a propaganda tool for the Democrat Party. Helping out the terrorists is just a bonus for them.


24 posted on 04/24/2009 2:35:00 PM PDT by colorado tanker ("Lastly, I'd like to apologize for America's disproportionate response to Pearl Harbor . . . ")
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To: lewisglad
"I think showing the truth is always important," said Kerry.

Good, John, then you won't mind if we waterboard you.

25 posted on 04/24/2009 2:35:34 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: All

Kerry is a total moron by anyone’s standards. I can only imagine how the terrorist are laughing at this country now. I will hold the Dems responsible for any family or friends who get hurt in the next attack..IT WILL HAPPEN!


26 posted on 04/24/2009 2:36:06 PM PDT by sonic109
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To: lewisglad

LOL! Propaganda tool calling the kettle black!


27 posted on 04/24/2009 2:47:38 PM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast ( AR2, Overdue! = American Revolution II...Overdue.)
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To: lewisglad

So 44 are bad.....NO!!!! RELEASE THEM ALL LETS SEE HOW THEY USED INSECTS....TO GET INFO....THEN LETS SHOW PICTURES OF NICK BERG.....DANIEL PEARLMAN....THE MANY CONTRACTORS THAT WERE BURNED, BEAT AND HUNG UNTIL THEIR FLESH FELL OFF THEIR BODIES.....GO FOR IT KERRY!


28 posted on 04/24/2009 2:56:42 PM PDT by Texas4ever (God is Good!)
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To: lewisglad
Anybody else here who wants to slap the sh...crap out of this poseur? I'm up to my eyeballs with bile with these Aholes........oh yeah...I forgot, we can just vote them out...right...

FMCDH(BITS)

29 posted on 04/24/2009 2:58:16 PM PDT by nothingnew (I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
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To: nothingnew
Anybody else here who wants to slap the sh...crap out of this poseur?

Can the right out-cuss the left?

30 posted on 04/24/2009 2:59:16 PM PDT by don-o (My son, Ben - Marine Private First Class - 1/16/09 - Parris Island, SC)
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To: lewisglad

Kerry is still flip-flopping. What a tool.


31 posted on 04/24/2009 3:05:37 PM PDT by Marysecretary (.GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL)
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To: boroman

AMEN! He’s one of the biggest phonies in Congress.


32 posted on 04/24/2009 3:06:05 PM PDT by Marysecretary (.GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL)
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To: lewisglad

Put a band-aid on it, John!


33 posted on 04/24/2009 3:08:17 PM PDT by lonestar (Obama is turning Bush's "mess" into a catastrophe.)
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To: don-o
Gee, thanks. I should watch my language.

"Bailiff, whack his pee pee!"

FMCDH(BITS)

34 posted on 04/24/2009 3:09:36 PM PDT by nothingnew (I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
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To: lewisglad
booo...


Yooo Hooo... I'm over HERE!!!
35 posted on 04/24/2009 3:10:57 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - Obama is basically Jim Jones with a teleprompter)
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To: nothingnew

I just regret to see Free Republic descending to the sewers inhabited by the left, language wise.


36 posted on 04/24/2009 3:11:35 PM PDT by don-o (My son, Ben - Marine Private First Class - 1/16/09 - Parris Island, SC)
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To: lewisglad
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37 posted on 04/24/2009 3:50:44 PM PDT by odin2008 (EVIL TRIUMPHS WHEN GOOD MEN DO NOTHING)
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