This one p^sses me off
so-o-o-o-! much I wanted to post it on a thread of its own. Jeezus bejeezus........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congress Moves to Bar Release of Abuse Photos
October 15th, 2009 by Steven Aftergood
The Obama Administration,
prodded by
Senators Lieberman and
Graham and with the
support of some senior military officials,
petitioned (pdf) the Supreme Court last August to overturn the ruling. “The disclosure of those photographs could reasonably be expected to endanger the lives or physical safety of United States military and civilian personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan,” the Administration argued. But Congress acted first, and Solicitor General Elena Kagan
asked the Court (pdf) on October 8 to suspend its consideration of the petition...
Meanwhile, a new military policy prohibits reporters embedded with forces in eastern Afghanistan from photographing U.S. troops killed in action, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press revealed last week. See “Afghanistan Command Confirms Policy Against Images of U.S. Dead” by John M. Donnelly, CQ Politics, October 14, 2009.
http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2009...se_photos.html
