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Wednesday, May 13, 2009 12:00 AM

Obama decides to fight release of abuse photos

The president reportedly told his legal team to reverse an earlier decision on the grounds that the pictures would endanger American troops.
Alex Koppelman

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  • Wednesday, May 13, 2009 11:22 AM

    The courts have consistently sided with the ACLU

    on this. The JD will have to make some new novel argument that the damage done by releasing the photos outweighs the public's right to know.

    We will be cleaning up Bush/Cheney's messes for years to come.

    —siebecker Read siebecker's other letters

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