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  • N.Y. judge hesitant on Abu Ghraib photos

    08/30/2005 7:05:04 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 26 replies · 597+ views
    ap on Bakersfield Californian ^ | 8/30/05 | Larry Neumeister - ap
    NEW YORK (AP) - A judge said Tuesday he was hesitant to release pictures and videotapes of detainee abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison while top government officials insisted that deaths could result. U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein commented as he listened to Manhattan's top government lawyer and an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union, which was seeking release of the pictures. The judge questioned whether he could disregard arguments by Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who has warned that releasing the photos would aid al-Qaida recruitment, weaken the Afghan and Iraqi...