If FOIA has no exemptions for photos of remains-what about torture photos?

[cyberpj]

This is from an article about the University of Delaware professor (ex-CNN reporter) that filed the FOIA lawsuit to get access to the Pentagon photos of soldiers' remains.

The article states that the FOIA has no exemptions for photos of the remains. Does anyone know if ACLU or others know this fact and is there any possibility of filing to get access to the military photos the many torture photos the Pentagon is said to be hiding?

Maybe that's why they're working so hard to get it changed now.

Anyone got an ACLU contact?

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Professor's rationale tops military's

Professor's rationale tops military's
By SEAN O'SULLIVAN / The News Journal
04/29/2005A

University of Delaware professor's Freedom of Information lawsuit to get access to military photos of flag-draped remains at Dover Air Force Base was well-founded, some legal experts say.

When the government took photos of the boxes of remains being taken off planes, they became public documents, said Alice Neff Lucan, legal counsel for the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association.

And under the Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, there is no exemption for photos of remains, she said.

It would perhaps have been different if the remains were identifiable, Lucan said. Courts have placed limits on access to documents and other records that are seen as a personal invasion, like autopsy photos.

Some images of flag-draped remains were released in 2004 under a FOIA request but the Defense Department later said it was a mistake and refused to release more. Pentagon officials said the policy was designed to respect the privacy of the soldiers' families.

http://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/local/2005/04/29professorsratio.html

[cyberpj]

1. kick for response -

[Sweet Freedom]

2. Check www.foia.org

I don't know the answer to your question, but maybe you can find it on the FOI website (I'd look for you but Websense blocks me after the front page.)

[cyberpj]

3. Thanks - found some good references to look through but for now

It would appear that the "national security" phrase would cover it.

I'll check in more depth later.

Still, I'm quite sure someone's already thought of this and would have started the process if they thought it would work. Surely Seymour Hersh - who has written about those photos - would have instigated something already.