US must release Abu Ghraib photos, judge says

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters


18 JAN 2017 AT 16:44 ET

The U.S. Department of Defense must release a cache of photos showing how Army personnel treated detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison and other sites in Iraq and Afghanistan, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday.

U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein in Manhattan said the release was proper because departing Defense Secretary Ash Carter failed to show why publishing the photos would endanger Americans deployed outside the United States.

Hellerstein’s decision is a victory for the American Civil Liberties Union and other civil and veterans rights groups whose lawsuit seeking the photos under the federal Freedom of Information Act began in 2004.

Photos depicting abuse at Abu Ghraib began to emerge in 2004, with some detainees claiming to have endured physical and sexual abuse, electric shocks and mock executions. The number of photos sought in the lawsuit has not been disclosed but has been estimated at roughly 2,000, according to the Congressional Record and court papers.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/us-must-release-abu-ghraib-photos-judge-says/

[tenorly]

1. Hold on now.

Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, and Bolton might still be, ahem, using them.

[shraby]

2. They are still subject to war crimes charges. Those have no statute of limitations.

[tenorly]

4. I hear you.

I merely remarked on the fact that the aforementioned gentlemen probably use those photos in the way I might use a photo of Pamela Anderson or Lanny Barbie - i.e. for research of the non-scholarly kind.

[yallerdawg]

3. Just a little something...

to smooth that transition.

Now start your Muslim registry, buddy.

[LeftInTX]

5. They're Trump's problem now!!!

[NobodyHere]

6. Somebody wants their torture porn