For some reason the ACLU wasn't happy with the damage inflicted upon the US military resulting from the Abu Ghraib photos a few years ago. So now we'll have to be subjected to another attempt by the far left to hurt our military in the name of civil liberties. On May 28th the Defense Department will release photos in order to comply with a Freedom of Information Act request submitted by the ACLU in 2003. As if we didn't hear enough about Abu Ghraib, the world will view these photos and express outrage once again. There's no doubt that the Obama administration will use this as a tool to make President Bush look bad and as a result hold themselves up as the anti-Bush administration. Meanwhile, the firestorm that these photos will ignite will only place our servicemen and women in jeopardy and cost lives. My advice to the far left Bush haters is to get over it. He's gone and it's time to move on!
The photos will be made available by May 28, the ACLU said, citing a letter dated Thursday from the Justice Department to a federal judge in New York. The photos' release is in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the ACLU in 2004 and will include images from prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan at locations other than Abu Ghraib, the ACLU said.
"These photographs provide visual proof that prisoner abuse by U.S. personnel was not aberrational but widespread, reaching far beyond the walls of Abu Ghraib," Amrit Singh staff attorney with the ACLU, said in a statement. "Their disclosure is critical for helping the public understand the scope and scale of prisoner abuse as well as for holding senior officials accountable for authorizing or permitting such abuse."
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