Obviously a man who cares deeply about enemy propaganda.
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."
These bastards could care less about the country they infest.
Oh my God help us!
Is that a little lesson you learned one Christmas Eve in Cambodia, Senator Kerry?
Since when has John Kerry been interested in the truth?
“I think showing the truth is always important,” said Kerry”...
Wow! This is ironic coming from John Kerry, who will not release his discharge records, will not prove he actually earned 3 PHs and a SS during 3 months in-country, and on and on. Kerry is a despicable turd.
Democrats = Hypocrisy
“And to make sure they don’t use these photos as a propaganda tool, I have personally emailed them to dozens of known terrorist web sites, with a note asking them to not use them to attack America or recruit new followers.”
I think showing the truth is always important,”
Since when did the truth matter to you Ketch-up boy(who did serve in Viet Nam)?
What a joke, they actually blame our wimpy interrogation tactics as the “galvanizing” force behind the terror cells!
Leftists never made any sense but too many Americans think you can substitute right and left and it’s no big deal. Boy are they wrong.
Jean Francois Kerry is only interested in the truth when it suits his cause.
John Kerry LIED to Congress in his testimony during the Vietnam War. He engaged in treasonous propaganda to serve the enemy in a time of war. He slurred our troops and soured morale.
What say you, John?
Coming Soon: Release of Bush WHite House bathroom photos, Obama cites need to get the truth out.
Obviously a man who cares deeply about enemy propaganda.
You mean ‘Jenjus Khan...’ (in Kerry’s faux- upperclass sneer)
Traitorous fool nothing new and he should be in Leavenworth.
Isn't that the whole point of the exercise?
Anybody think that Obama freaks JFK out?
Leftists are always heavily into revenge like wanting to put their political opponents on trial. They believe the whole world runs that way. They think all people’s calculations are dominated by Revenge so that if we vaporize Iran it will only make the Iranians mad and they will surely destroy us in Righteous Revenge.
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