Attempting to explain the 180 degree turn on the release of detainee abuse photos, President Barack Obama insisted that the content of the photos was “not particularly sensational,” but showed activities that “did not conform with the army manual” and were “associated with closed investigations into alleged abuse.”
The president insisted that there would be “no additional benefit” to releasing the photos, and that they would only serve to “further inflame anti-American opinion and put our troops in greater danger.”
Last month, the Pentagon agreed to release the photos on May 28. The Pentagon had been fighting the release since 2006, but insisted that the “more stable” situation in Iraq made its concerns less pressing now. Sen Lieberman and others in Congress pressured the president to stop the release, saying the pictures had no value and their release was “voyeurism.” For the time being, the political desire to keep these photos a secret has won over popular concern about the abuse.
once again our decider has decided. so screw your foia you seem to think you are entitled to know what your government does. well the decider thinks otherwise.
Instead of asserting rule of law and transparency, we seem 2B getting rule of Obama and cover~up
AGAIN!!! I*m running low on hope…..
Silence from millions of Obamatons over his latest lie is really quite deafening.
I had to unplug my BS meter around January 21st or so to keep Barack from overheating it.
The only path that could justify not releasing the photos would be instead to begin prosecution immediately.
IMHO, no matter how plaintively Obama may cry “Out, damn’d spot!” —- he will not be able to walk off of this tragic ‘war crimes’ stage until this most odious crime is expunged.
So for Obama, the superficially adored hero, the role of a modern Hamlet tentatively deciding whether “to be or not to be” for the war-crimes-Empire could be the last drama on this mortal coil.
Alan MacDonald
Sanford, Maine