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Just a thought, but let's just say that this goes to SCOTUS and they find in favor of the ACLU.
Who's going to make the government do anything at all?
Judge to decide on release of new Iraq prison abuse photos
By REBECCA CARR
Cox News Service
Monday, August 15, 2005
Oxford PressWASHINGTON — A showdown is set for Monday in a New York federal court over the Defense Department's refusal to release a new batch of photographs and videos showing U.S. soldiers abusing detainees in Iraq.
The 87 photographs and four videos were taken by Spc. Joseph M. Darby, the Army military policeman who ignited an international maelstrom last year when he turned over photos to authorities that revealed soldiers mistreating, sexually humiliating and threatening inmates at the Abu Ghraib prison west of Baghdad.
Government lawyers say publicly releasing the images would "endanger the safety and lives of individuals, including soldiers and civilians in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere," according to legal do ents filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
The American Civil Liberties Union, lead counsel for a coalition of five civil liberties and veterans groups, is asking U.S. District Judge Alvin K. erstein to reject what it sees as the government's last-ditch effort to keep images from Abu Ghraib from the public.
Whichever way this Judge decides, there will be a large group who will not be happy with his decision. Either way, if the Judge rules for the ACLU and the release of the photos, don't expect these abuse photos to be released anytime soon by the government.
This one is going all the way to SCOTUS.
Just a thought, but let's just say that this goes to SCOTUS and they find in favor of the ACLU.
Who's going to make the government do anything at all?
I would suppose the Attorney General would be compelled to do something, even if its resign.Who's going to make the government do anything at all?
What pictures "wink wink"
Yeah, it won't be surprised if these videos go the route of the micro-fiche of W's guard records after he supposedly showed up in Alabama for a hair-cut.
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