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McChrystal Clear?
Unqualified Offerings —
... . Today: I learned the administration has decided to reverse its decision to honor the ACLU’s FOIA request for photos of American torture in Iraq . I cannot help but wonder: do those photos contain evidence about illegalities that went on under McChrystal’s watch?
Obama Trades Our Principles For Cheneyism
Newshoggers.com —
... A lot of people as writing about Obama's decision to flip-flop on the release of hundreds of photos of abused and tortured prisoners at the hands of the U.S. military in Iraq and Afghanistan. So far, most ...
CIA Stance On Torture Tape Docs Suggests Obama's New Open Government Era Won't Materialize
TPMMuckraker —
... The news of the CIA's position comes on the heels of several other administration decisions that have disappointed civil libertarians. Obama announced last month that he opposes the release of photos showing abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib, and the administration has several times ...
More Obama Secrecy -- This Time On Cheney's Plame Interview
TPMMuckraker —
... , upon taking office, that his administration would privilege transparency. In several previous instances where the Obama-ites have opted for secrecy -- such as the controversy over photos that show detainee abuse -- there was at least an argument to be made that the path of openness would endanger American troops or otherwise threaten national security. ...
Tomgram: An American Hell
TomDispatch —
... -for-using-enhanced-interrogation-techniques flap, the Abu-Ghraib-photos-(round-two)-suppression flap, or various versions of the can-they-close-Guantanamo, will-they-keep-detainees-in-prison- ...
Tom Engelhardt: Don't Turn the Page on History: Facing the American World We Created
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... -for-using-enhanced-interrogation-techniques flap, the Abu-Ghraib-photos-(round-two)-suppression flap, or various versions of the can-they-close-Guantanamo, will-they-keep-detainees-in-prison- ...
An American Hell: Don't Turn the Page on History
Commondreams.org Views —
... -for-using-enhanced-interrogation-techniques flap, the Abu-Ghraib-photos-( round-two )-suppression flap, or various versions of the can-they-close-Guantanamo, will-they-keep-detainees-in-prison- ...
Sup Ct upholds Obama's refusal to release torture photos
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
Doesn't make it right. (NB In April, the White House had no problem with releasing the photos.)
