Correct me if I am wrong*. Obama hasn't decided to withhold publication of the photos.

[Toucano]

He has decided to challenge the court ordered release of the photos.

The court will still decide if the government's challenge has merit, right?

Bush lost in court. Maybe Obama will lose in court also.


*as if I needed to say THAT on DU! ;)

[mmonk]

Yes but it would make a lot of difference if I could tell this Justice Dept

from the one that proceeded it.

[villager]

3. I'm sure Dan Siegelman is thinking the same thing!

n/t

[mmonk]

8. No doubt.

[Thrill]

5. It would help if the Justice Department was in place. Arguably the most important person

can't get confirmed.

[mmonk]

10. You mean the OLC?

[Thrill]

19. Yup

[DebbieCDC]

1. He originally said he would release and NOT drag on the court case

Not-so-much change you can believe in.

on edit: sp

[leftofthedial]

2. So Obama could turn out to be both a champion of war crimes AND a loser.

I feel better.

[tridim]

4. I guess he could turn out to be a muslin commie too.

:eyes:

[leftofthedial]

7. I think neither of those is even remotely possible.

[tridim]

15. But you do think Dick is better than the President.

So really, anything's possible.

[leftofthedial]

17. No. I think Dick Cheney is the most vile piece of waste on the entire planet.

I think he's won another round though.

[tridim]

18. Well you're wrong

And frankly it seems like you've snapped.

You should probably consider taking a break from DU.

[dysfunctional press]

6. "national security"

the government isn't going to lose.

obama HAS decided.

[LakeSamish706]

9. Well that settles it, we should have voted McCain/Palin in and been done with it...

I'm sure they would have done a much better job than the Obama Administration is doing... :sarcasm:

[mmonk]

11. I smell a straw dog around here someplace.

[Luminous Animal]

12. Next stop, the Bush enabling Supremes!

Oh yes, the same Supreme Court that "elected" Bush.

[mmonk]

14. Probably banking on them.

[sandnsea]

13. Right. Much better for the court to decide

than for the right to be able to point the partisan finger. This was the correct move because the pictures will be released. The court hasn't defended withholding this sort of thing yet.

[Luminous Animal]

21. The Second Circuit has already decided.

Obama will appeal to the Bush enabling Supremes.

[jtrockville]

16. From what I can tell, he didn't decide to challenge the court order either.

He's just reserving the right to challenge the court order. The deadline for "the Government" to decide is June 9. Am I reading it right?
http://aclu.org/pdfs/safefree/torturephoto_reversal_letter_20090513.pdf

[Seldona]

20. There is no proof of this thought,

but what if the President intends to put these issues on the back-burner until after the 2010, or even the 2012, elections when he has nothing to lose? As a constitutional scholar, and a virtuous person imo, I just don't see him letting this go.

I know, perhaps this is wishful thinking. But it would take this away as an issue in the coming elections, and there would be nothing republicans could do in his second term. They can whine all they want, but he is going off into the sunset after his (hopefully) second term anyway.

Just a thought.