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ACLU Hearing 3pm ET Over Abu Ghraib Photos

By Jeralyn, Section War In Iraq
Posted on Tue Aug 30, 2005 at 09:59:37 AM EST
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The ACLU reports:

The American Civil Liberties Union and the New York Civil Liberties Union will again appear before a federal judge Tuesday, August 30, to seek the release of Defense Department photographs and videotapes depicting the abuse of prisoners held by the United States at Abu Ghraib.

The ACLU today also released previously redacted government documents, including declarations by General Richard Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Ronald Schlicher, former Deputy Assistant Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs of the Department of State, in which they argue that the photographs and videos should not be made public. General Myers also argues that "the democratic idea of public accountability... is misunderstood in other parts of the world."

Released documents are available here.

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    ACLU Hearing 3pm ET Over Abu Ghraib Photos | 6 comments (6 topical)
    Re: ACLU Hearing 3pm ET Over Abu Ghraib Photos (none / 0) (#1)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Aug 30, 2005 at 10:59:57 AM EST
    click link under my name for everything you never wanted to know about torture, and a kit to help you clarify these matters for the willfully ignorant. [links must be in html format or they skew the site.]

    Re: ACLU Hearing 3pm ET Over Abu Ghraib Photos (none / 0) (#2)
    by squeaky on Tue Aug 30, 2005 at 11:50:36 AM EST
    The relentless damage control seems to be non stop with these guys. Besides fixing evidence thet lead us to war, the refusal to release the Abu Ghraib torture pics, and the total mismanagement and graft the US occupiers have incured, now once again they have been bribing officials to stay in the puppet government and sign off on the constitutional. Perhaps those Sunnis drafters were not only risking their lives for honorable reasons. I guess that is how things are done in Chimpy's America. from Juan Cole:
    Al-Watan (Riyadh) [Arabic link] reports that one Sunni member of the parliamentary drafting committee told it that Washington at one point promised $5 million apiece to the Sunnis on the committee if they would sign off on the constitution. Sy Hersh has also alleged bribery.
    Re: ACLU Hearing 3pm ET Over Abu Ghraib Photos (none / 0) (#3)
    by scarshapedstar on Tue Aug 30, 2005 at 12:01:49 PM EST
    "the democratic idea of public accountability... is misunderstood in other parts of the world."
    I guess by "other parts" he means "outside the Pentagon". Does anyone else envision Colonel Klink saying this, by the way?

    Re: ACLU Hearing 3pm ET Over Abu Ghraib Photos (none / 0) (#4)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Aug 30, 2005 at 01:33:26 PM EST
    The fine folks at Treasuy Transfer Services thank you for your patience. The long lines of trucks leaving the area around Louisville, Kentucky are a temporary inconvenience. Please do not pay any attention.

    Re: ACLU Hearing 3pm ET Over Abu Ghraib Photos (none / 0) (#5)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Aug 30, 2005 at 02:46:38 PM EST
    If the NYCL And ADL And The Aclu want to put people in prison put the big guys inside the hell of the political prison system not the little girls and guys. wait jesse jackson on Fox.

    Re: ACLU Hearing 3pm ET Over Abu Ghraib Photos (none / 0) (#6)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Aug 31, 2005 at 07:19:35 PM EST
    Sy Hersh Please

    ACLU Hearing 3pm ET Over Abu Ghraib Photos | 6 comments (6 topical)