In an all too rare display of common sense, the Obama administration appears to be blocking the release of more detainee "abuse" photos. The release of these photos would serve no other purpose than to provide endless propaganda opportunities for the Jihadists and the anti-American left as they are splashed on the cover of the NYT, Newsweek and The Guardian while being run in endless loops on Al Jazeera (which is why I am sure many here would support their release).
I am usually horrified by the Obama administration's staggering incompetence but this seems to demonstrate a rare burst of good judgment.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29525.html
I am usually horrified by the Obama administration's staggering incompetence but this seems to demonstrate a rare burst of good judgment.
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates Friday night filed a notice with the Supreme Court that will likely block the release of photos depicting the alleged abuse of detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan by their U.S. captors.
Gates, taking advantage of an amendment to the military appropriations bill signed by President Obama last month that gives him the authority to exempt the photos from the Freedom of Information Act, called on the Supreme Court to dismiss without further consideration a lower court?s ruling that the photos must be released to the American Civil Liberties Union.
In a statement, the ACLU, which plans to file a responsive brief, argues that Gates? filing ?fails to provide the individualized assessment that the amendment's language requires and also fails to provide any basis for the claim that disclosure of the photos would harm national security.?
Obama, who?d initially cleared the photos? release in response to court rulings, later reversed himself, saying that the pictures would "further inflame anti-American opinion" and "put our troops in greater danger."
Gates, taking advantage of an amendment to the military appropriations bill signed by President Obama last month that gives him the authority to exempt the photos from the Freedom of Information Act, called on the Supreme Court to dismiss without further consideration a lower court?s ruling that the photos must be released to the American Civil Liberties Union.
In a statement, the ACLU, which plans to file a responsive brief, argues that Gates? filing ?fails to provide the individualized assessment that the amendment's language requires and also fails to provide any basis for the claim that disclosure of the photos would harm national security.?
Obama, who?d initially cleared the photos? release in response to court rulings, later reversed himself, saying that the pictures would "further inflame anti-American opinion" and "put our troops in greater danger."
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29525.html
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