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Thursday, February 16, 2006 12:00 AM

Why we're publishing the new Abu Ghraib photos

America -- and the world -- has the right to know what was done in our name.
By Walter Shapiro

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  • Wednesday, February 15, 2006 11:24 PM

    Why now? And by the way, bravo

    The question is not why the "new" images from Abu Ghraib should be published now. The question, rather, is why they were not released to the media when the first set of images surfaced. By attempting to keep these pictures under wraps, the military and the government practically ensured that the scandal would come back to haunt them in the future. Attempted cover-ups tend to generate their own come-uppance.

    Bravo Salon for publishing the images. As an exercise in free expression, it certainly beats commissioning and printing puerile insults in the name of journalism.

    —s. sen Read s. sen's other letters

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