Judge Orders the Release of the Abu Ghraib Photos
Writing by on Friday, 30 of September , 2005 at 10:42 am
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Well the Bush Administration has pulled out every trick in the book to stop the release of more Abu Ghraib torture pics, and tapes, but they have lost, and now the we are going to be able to see what was done in our name by this administration.
What next? Screw the judges?
From the AP via Yahoo
NEW YORK - Saying the United States “does not surrender to
blackmail,” a judge ruled Thursday that pictures of detainee abuse at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison must be released over government claims that they could damage America’s image.
U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein ordered the release of certain pictures in a 50-page decision that said terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan have proven they “do not need pretexts for their barbarism.”
The ACLU has sought the release of 87 photographs and four videotapes taken at the prison as part of an October 2003 lawsuit demanding information on the treatment of detainees in U.S. custody and the transfer of prisoners to countries known to use torture. The ACLU contends that prisoner abuse is systemic.
The judge said: “Our nation does not surrender to blackmail, and fear of blackmail is not a legally sufficient argument to prevent us from performing a statutory command. Indeed, the freedoms that we champion are as important to our success in Iraq and Afghanistan as the guns and missiles with which our troops are armed.”
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