Friday, Oct 15-Deadline for Pentagon to release Abuse Records

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http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=16465&c=281

Haven't seen that the government appealed this and they were ordered last month by a federal judge to cough them up by October 15. It's not clear to me if this includes the photos/videos.

Declaring that "no one is above the law," a federal court judge today ordered the government to turn over or identify within 30 days all documents relating to the treatment of prisoners held by the United States at military bases and other detention facilities overseas, including Guantánamo Bay and Abu Ghraib.

The American Civil Liberties Union and the New York Civil Liberties Union greeted the strongly worded order as a signal victory in their nearly year-long effort to compel the government to comply with their request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

"The court today vindicated the public's right to know who is responsible for the systemic abuse of detainees held in United States custody," said Amrit Singh, an ACLU attorney. "The truth must be known, no matter how embarrassing it might be to the government."

At issue is a lawsuit filed by the ACLU and its allies after the Defense Department and other federal agencies failed to release records in response to FOIA requests filed in October 2003 and May 2004. The requests sought records concerning the interrogation and treatment of detainees and the extrajudicial "rendition" of detainees to countries known to use torture.