RawStory: JUDGE RULES FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON DETAINEE ABUSE PHOTOS,

[DemsUnited]

VIDEOS... THIS AFTERNOON

ON EDIT: Story now posted


Larisa Alexandrovna

Following the latest round of filings by the Department of Defense in conjunction with the State Department -which attempts to stipulate that all current and future photographs and tapes of detainee abuse be permanently sealed and, in addition, the reasons given for the motion be heavily redacted - the court ruled largely in favor of public disclosure.

The government's most recent motion was filed several weeks back when it missed its deadline for the release of all documents pursuant to the ACLU's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) suit, which has forced the release of over 60 thousand documents thus far in relation to detainee abuse and torture.

Sealing the reason for the seal

The question argued yesterday is not whether the photographs and tapes are to be made public, but whether the government's arguments against making the documents public are to be made public, filed as a declaration jointly by the DOD, represented by General Richard B. Myers, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the State Department, represented Ronald L. Schlicher - Deputy Asst. Secretary of the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs at an earlier hearing.

Reminiscent of much of State Department's recent attempts at interpreting the law, for example using the States Secret gag order against a whistleblower - a law that had only been used once before in its 50 year history, the DOD and State Department are once again attempting to seal the reasons themselves for sealing documents.

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http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Judge_rules_in_favor_of_holding_public_hearings_on_detainee__0816.html

[BlueEyedSon]

1. Can't he just order them released already!!!!

The last thing we need is a long drawn out dog&pony show....

[napi21]

5. Actually, a dog&pony show might help keep this in the MSM!

My gut is telling me, if they are released, they will be so radicaly redacted, whatever you finally see will be a replay of those already released months ago. A public hearing will force people from the Pentagon to make statements they don't really want to make, and even if the final release is redacted, the unknown will still be out there. We all know people think the worst when information is hidden.

[Quakerfriend]

2. No time is given.

Do you happen to know what time?

[DemsUnited]

3. Wish I did...All RawStory has now is a headline, but details generally

follow in an hour or so after they do that (post headline only).

All respect for the work RawStory does!!

[paineinthearse]

4. Ra Ra Raw Story!

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