And, yes, I DO take it personally: The accountability wind's a'blowin' - Abu Ghraib photos ordered released

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And, yes, I DO take it personally

Thursday, September 29, 2005

The accountability wind's a'blowin' - Abu Ghraib photos ordered released

only a few weeks ago, it was dead calm... not a leaf twitching... with safavian, we felt a breeze pick up... with delay, the breeze stiffened a fair bit... now that the pentagon has ditched its investigation into the "bodies-and-body-parts-for-porn" photo trade ugliness, they're gonna get hit hard again right quick...

Saying the United States "does not surrender to blackmail," a judge ruled Thursday that pictures of detainee abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison must be released over government claims that they could damage America's image.

U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein ordered the release of certain pictures in a 50-page decision that said terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan have proven they "do not need pretexts for their barbarism."