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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.

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  • Thursday, February 16, 2006 12:07 AM

    re: This is horrific

    Patricia, actually Salon has written about the California prison system. The "business" of prisons in California in particular, as well as this article:

    http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/08/23/prisons/index.html

    Imprisoning people has become a very big business throughout the U.S.

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