[President Obama] said the photos had already served their purpose in investigations of "a small number of individuals." Those cases were all concluded by 2004, and the president said "the individuals who were involved have been identified, and appropriate actions have been taken.""I want to emphasize that these photos that were requested in this case are not particularly sensational, especially when compared to the painful images that we remember from Abu Ghraib."
[May 13, 2009]
At least one picture shows an American soldier apparently raping a female prisoner while another is said to show a male translator raping a male detainee.Further photographs are said to depict sexual assaults on prisoners with objects including a truncheon, wire and a phosphorescent tube.
Another apparently shows a female prisoner having her clothing forcibly removed to expose her breasts.
Detail of the content emerged from Major General Antonio Taguba, the former army officer who conducted an inquiry into the Abu Ghraib jail in Iraq.
Not surprising Obama doesn't want these released.
Obama's lame excuse that it would jeopardize US forces is reminiscent of the pure BS we got from Bush and Cheney about keeping America safe. Has he really convinced himself that our enemies and friends are not quite sure of what we did? We were never surprised all that much at Bush's frequent journeys into reality-free zones but Obama was supposed to be different. Seems he's not.
He knows “our enemies and friends” know what we did. He’s trying to keep us from having to admit it to ourselves. We are apparently the weakest people in the world - we can't face ourselves in a mirror.
We are still the same country we were under Bush-Cheney: a dysfunctional, codependent family. We all belong in a 12-step program.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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