thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - 5/13/2009
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After concerns raised by Pentagon and other officials, the president has decided not to go ahead with the disclosure of photographs of soldiers abusing detainees.
crooksandliars.com - 5/13/2009
latimes.com - 5/14/2009
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latimes.com —
Reporting from Washington -- President Obama's decision Wednesday
to try to block the court-ordered release of photographs...
depicting alleged abuse of detainees by U.S. soldiers sets him on a confrontational course with his liberal base. But it is a ...
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Obama takes risk with reversal on detainee photos - Los ...
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Obama Seeks To Block Release Of Additional Detainee Photos
The Latest on Air America —
According to an administration official, president Obama has ordered government lawyers to object to the planned release of additional detainee photos. More below: President Obama is seeking to block the release of photographs depicting American military personnel abusing ...
Staying Clean in a Dirty War
The Moderate Voice —
... Today’s decision, a reversal of his previous stand, inspires ACLU condemnation: “The Obama administration’s adoption of the stonewalling tactics and opaque policies of the Bush administration flies in the face of the president’s stated desire to restore the rule of law, to revive our moral standing in the world and to lead a transparent government.” ...
Obama: If We Pretend It Didn't Happen, Maybe They'll Hate Us Less
Lawyers, Guns and Money —
OK, I'm officially disappointed in my President. It was bad enough that he failed to decisively end Bush's extraordinary rendition program (claiming he'll only make sure it's no longer abused); and that he blocked prosecutions for top-level officials who authorized torture. Now, Obama doesn't even want to release photos depicting US troops engaging in brutal acts against detainees: President Obama said on Wednesday that he is seeking to block the release of photographs that depict American military personnel abusing captives in Iraq and ...
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