"In issuing his order, U.S. District Court Judge Alvin Hellerstein of New York City gave the government until June 30 to get the photos ready by removing information in the pictures that might identify the victims. The judge said the photographs "are the best evidence the public can have of what occurred" at Abu Ghraib.
David Kelley, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, has asked Hellerstein for an extension - until July 22 - to get all the video and still pictures ready for release.
In a June 10 letter to Hellerstein, Kelley said the government would have the photographs ready by June 30. But "in order to address all of the responsive Darby images at one time," he requested that Hellerstein not order the release of any until the video processing is completed July 22.
Kelley said the Army's Criminal Investigation Crime Lab is processing the videos frame-by-frame.
The Bush administration is likely to pay a public-relations penalty for failing to release all of the Abu Ghraib images sooner. "
http://www.ocregister.com/ocr/2005/06/19/sections/news/focus_government/article_566139.php