Over 2000 photos pictures of torture withheld

[Moral Gutpunch]

The Obama administration has until December 12 to detail reasons for withholding over 2000 pictures of torture and brutality from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Each and every picture must be recorded, as well as the reason to keep it from public records.

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“It’s disappointing that the government continues to fight to keep these photographs from the public,” Hearn said after the half-hour hearing. “The American people deserve to know the truth about what happened in our detention centers abroad. Yet the government is suppressing as many as 2,100 photographs of detainee abuse in Iraq and elsewhere. We will continue to press for the release of the photos in the courts

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[Maladjusted_Miasma]

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In 2009, US president Barack Obama reversed his position on the photographs’ release and contended they would “further inflame anti-American opinion and … put our troops in greater danger”

Well, stop giving people reasons to hate America. It's that simple. I'm an american and I am ashamed at what this country has come to.

[azulmagia]

The real purpose is probably to shield the Bush administration, I would guess.