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Obama's latest effort to conceal evidence of Bush era crimes

The President's rationale for changing his mind is as incoherent as it is reminiscent of the Bush/Cheney mindset.

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  • Wednesday, May 13, 2009 09:54 PM

    Ché Pasa

    Thanks - I was just reading decision and saw your post. The abuses shown in the 21 photos don't sound quite as severe as those at Abu Ghraib, according to the Second Circuit decision (quoted in the Daily Kos post): http://www.aclu.org/torturefoia/legaldocuments/Order030909.pdf). It says the detainees "were clothed and generally not forced to pose."

    There are more photos (in addition to the 21) that the administration had intended to release - 23 + a "substantial number of other images," according to a previous letter to the court: http://www.aclu.org/pdfs/safefree/letter_singh_20090423.pdf

    I haven't seen a description of the contents of those photos, yet.

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