Obama administration to release Bush-era detainee photos
The pictures show Americans' alleged abuse of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan. An ACLU lawyer says they prove that Abu Ghraib 'was not aberrational.'
By Peter Wallsten, Julian Barnes and Greg Miller
LA Times
April 23, 2009
Reporting from Washington — The Obama administration agreed late Thursday to release dozens of photographs depicting alleged abuse by U.S. personnel during the Bush administration of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan.
At least 44 pictures will be released on May 28 -- making public for the first time images of what the military investigated as abuse that took place at facilities other than the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
Defense officials would not say exactly what is contained in the photos, but said they are concerned that the release could incite a backlash in the Middle East.
The photos are apparently not as shocking as the photographs from the Abu Ghraib investigation that became a lasting symbol of U.S. mistakes in Iraq. But some show military service members intimidating or threatening detainees by pointing weapons at them. Military officers have been court-martialed for threatening detainees at gunpoint.
(More here.)
By Peter Wallsten, Julian Barnes and Greg Miller
LA Times
April 23, 2009
Reporting from Washington — The Obama administration agreed late Thursday to release dozens of photographs depicting alleged abuse by U.S. personnel during the Bush administration of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan.
At least 44 pictures will be released on May 28 -- making public for the first time images of what the military investigated as abuse that took place at facilities other than the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
Defense officials would not say exactly what is contained in the photos, but said they are concerned that the release could incite a backlash in the Middle East.
The photos are apparently not as shocking as the photographs from the Abu Ghraib investigation that became a lasting symbol of U.S. mistakes in Iraq. But some show military service members intimidating or threatening detainees by pointing weapons at them. Military officers have been court-martialed for threatening detainees at gunpoint.
(More here.)
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1 Comments:
It makes sense not to release detainee abuse photos, because Obama is also Commander-in-Chief. He has to make a decision between transparency, releasing photos to public and endangering our brave troops, who are already in great danger overseas. As the Commander-in-Chief, the President has to look out for our troops and protect them. I think this was 100% right decision and anyone else in Obama’s place would have done the same, because the public has already seen enough photos, evidence and the public already knows the truth. What good would do additional photos of abuse, other than give extremists and terrorists more reason to recruit members and carry out deadly mission against US interests and American soldiers.
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