Defense Department to release abuse photos, ACLU says

[cali]

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Defense Department will release "a substantial number" of photographs showing abuse of prisoners at prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.


Aggressive techniques to interrogate terror suspects are making headlines again.

The release will be in response to an open-records lawsuit filed by the ACLU, the group said in a written statement. The statement released late Thursday said the photos were taken at facilities other than Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.

"These photographs provide visual proof that prisoner abuse by U.S. personnel was not aberrational but widespread, reaching far beyond the walls of Abu Ghraib," Amrit Singh, an ACLU attorney, said in the release. The photos are to be released by May 28, the ACLU said.

The Department of Defense announced in a letter addressed to the federal court on Thursday that it would release the photos.

In a copy of the letter posted on the ACLU's Web site, acting U.S. Attorney Lev L. Dassin said that 21 photographs would be released and that the government "also is processing for release a substantial number of other images."

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http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/23/aclu.prisoners.photos/

[Psychic Consortium]

1. This is step 2. Obama continues to move the chess pieces. nt

[BlooInBloo]

2. Pfft. There's NO WAY Obama could predict the fallout from this!

:rofl:

[Psychic Consortium]

3. Obama is a master at this chess game. We can watch and learn.

It will be quite a lesson.
He knows exactly what he is doing.

[Tommy_J]

6. I think you're right

[Psychic Consortium]

7. He is brilliant at strategy. A genius actually. . .

watching his quiet behind the scenes, step by step strategy is fascinating.

We learn from a master.

[C_U_L8R]

4. Gates said it... there's a lot more

The GOPers foolisihly boxed themselves into a corner
by standing up for blatantly ridiculous torture excuses...
the truth is overwhelming and they have no resort
except fall on their swords.

[ColbertWatcher]

5. May 28th is a Thursday. Why can't they be released earlier in the week? n/t