Supreme Court: Torture photos must be kept secret!

[Matt Collins]

UGH....

Supreme Court decision lets Pentagon keep detainee photos secret

The Supreme Court Monday threw out a federal appeals court ruling requiring the release of photos that allegedly show abuse of US-held detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan. The court cited a new law that allows the Defense Secretary to withhold such photos.

SOURCE:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1130/p02s04-usju.html




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[FSP-Rebel]

Ok, can we just dismantle the SC please and save some money? All they do is serve as a rubber stamp for the executive branch now a days.

[paulpwns]

The courts have never been a friend to the republic.
Since the death of the 4 horsemen, the court has never been the same.

[Kludge]

It would be remarkably irresponsible, perhaps damnable, to release photos which would add to the resolve of Middle-Eastern radicals against US occupation while we're occupying their countries. We should get out of rights-crushing nation-building -- fine, but who would be so stupid to think releasing these photos would be a good idea? That the SCOTUS had to rule on this to prevent the pictures from being released is the greatest tragedy.

[awake]

Releasing the photos would become the added public pressure to end the War.

[Matt Collins]

It would be remarkably irresponsible, perhaps damnable, to release photos which would add to the resolve of Middle-Eastern radicals against US occupation while we're occupying their countries. We should get out of rights-crushing nation-building -- fine, but who would be so stupid to think releasing these photos would be a good idea? That the SCOTUS had to rule on this to prevent the pictures from being released is the greatest tragedy.
I think you are confusing the initial action with the blowback.

What is remarkably irresponsible and damnable was to torture these individuals to begin with. The photos are just secondary to the initial action. The idea that we should sacrifice government transparency, especially when the government broke the law, is absurd. The damage has already been done and attempting to cover it up or sweep it under the rug only sets bad precedent for future abuses to be kept secret.

You're right that it might provide resolve for others to further attack us, but this is a problem the government has created. The people around the world don't hate us, they hate what our government has been doing to them!