Oh, and whatever happened to the Abu Ghraib photos?

[XemaSab]

While we're on the subject of stories that seem to have vanished?

[Moochy]

1. on appeal

DoD is preparing its appeal to the 2nd circuit. I've heard some time in March as their first court appearance.

It'll be resolved at this level, given the precedence for no FOIA's making their way past this level.

Either it will be kicked back down to hellerstein's circuit, dod will win, or ACLU will win.
IE. no FOIA requests have made their way to the supreme court.
Apparently the appeals court could send it back down on some grounds that are beyond my legal knowledge, restarting the clock again.

It's been written by some legal-expert sounding Kossacks over at dkos, that the findings from Hellerstein were such a strong rebuke of the DoD's defense, that it will be difficult for the appeals court panel/judge(?) to ignore his rather detailed and long decision. That's a good thing. But we'll see. I'll poke around the diaries at dkos to see if there are any updates.

[XemaSab]

2. Thanks. n/t

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[Moochy]

3. Side note

Does dailykos have like the slowest web search in the world or what?
:boring:

[bananas]

4. sounds like a lot of things happening this March nt

[Moochy]

5. Beware the ides of march!

"He is a dreamer; let us leave him. Pass."

[Tesla]

7. Right next to part 2 of the CIA files

[Moochy]

10. ?

I'm as cynical as the next guy, actually alot more.

Sure our US justice system has it's flaws but cases don't just disappear because bunnypants and the rumsfilled wants them to. The way they fight this is to stall the clock out, with procedural chicanery.
The wheels of justice grind ever slower but I have confidence that this case will eventually be resolved.

We may not like the outcome, but this is not just some scandal, it's got a docket number,it's searchable on CourtWeb, and Judge Hellerstein issued a decision that was heavily favoring the ACLU's case.

[Marie26]

12. They can't ignore it.

It'll be interesting once the appeals court decision comes down. Because if the court supports the ACLU, I think Bush will try to defy the order. They've had a horrible record w/releasing FOIA documents, and these photos would be devestating to his regime if they were released. It could really become a constitutional showdown.

[Moochy]

13. Yet another constitutional showdown

He's practically having these showdowns on a weekly basis now...

[Marie26]

16. Pretty much

Another day, another Constitutional violation. The amazing part is that there's so many, issues like the Abu Ghraib photos hardly even register.

[hootinholler]

17. I beg to differ...

I hold up Sibel Edmonds' case as an example. The actual case will not be heard due to the gag order.

-Hoot

[ClintonTyree]

6. Down the memory hole.........

the attention span of the Corporate Media as well as the average American can be measured in minutes.

[Moochy]

11. This ACLU v DOD foia case was never really on their radar

to be honest, it's only been blogs that have followed this with any updates.
Oh and Seymour Hersh knows about it.

[mopaul]

8. they're right over there by the bush/abramoff photos

[izzie]

9. Yes where are they?

--

[Moochy]

15. DoD Government Warehouse

[XemaSab]

19. Is that a shoutout to

X-Files or Indiana Jones? :shrug:

Purity Control of the Ark of the Covenant? :shrug:

[stevedeshazer]

14. The Anthrax Mailer has them.

They're stored next to Bush's military records and Sen. Pat Roberts' track shoes.

[MichiganVote]

18. I think Congress sent them on the spacecraft to Pluto