Obama Torture Photos

Mullen "Infuriated ... Appalled" By Suppressed Detainee Abuse Photos

CNN | Mike Mount | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

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Images of detainee abuse at the hands of U.S. troops, which President Obama has barred from public view, so "infuriated" the nation's highest-ranking ...

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Obama and Transparency: Should He Release the Torture Photos?

John W. Whitehead | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

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John W. Whitehead

Releasing new Abu-Ghraib photos will not aid the cause of justice or increase government transparency.

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A War on Terror by Any Other Name

John Cusack | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

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What is most disturbing about the refusal to release the abuse photos is the broader pattern into which it fits -- a pattern of decisions that effectively preserve the framework of Bush's War on Terror.

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A Hollow and Horrible Equivocation

John Cusack | Posted 06.15.2009 | Politics

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John Cusack

This is not an issue of partisan politics. It's a police matter... the investigation of a crime scene in which many more of us are complicit than is comfortable to recognize.

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Why Obama Must Truly Hate Bush

Steve Benen | Posted 06.15.2009 | Politics

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Steve Benen

It's a real shame Bush and Cheney screwed up so spectacularly, and ignored the law so systematically, that it's interfering with Obama's desire to govern. But Obama signed up for this gig.

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Jason Linkins

To Disclose Or Not Disclose: Obama's Decision On Detainee Photos Analyzed

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

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In case you were wondering, I am of the opinion that President Barack Obama's decision to not release those detainee abuse photos is a mistake. The d...

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Sam Stein

Feingold Rebukes Obama For Detainee Photo Reversal

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

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Senator Russ Feingold became one of the first elected officials to criticize Barack Obama for his reversal on releasing of detainee abuse in a stateme...

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Detainee Photos: Obama Seeks To Block Release

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama declared Wednesday he would try to block the court-ordered release of photos showing U.S. troops abusing pri...

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New Torture Photos Release Delayed By Obama (UPDATED)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

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UPDATE: The White House plans to announce that Obama is "seeking to delay release of 'torture photos' depicting detainee abuse, reversing course. Wh...

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