I just heard that the Pentagon has dropped its appeal, clearing the way

[CatWoman]

for the release of the remaining Abu Gharib photos.

why do you suppose they did that?

[swag]

1. I'll just mistakenly assume you're being sincere in your question

and answer that it is because the photos have already been published in multiple places.

[CatWoman]

5. yes, I am being sincere

and not all of the photos have been released.

That's what the appeal was all about: to not release the remaining photos, outside of the ones leaked to Salon Magazine.

[swag]

6. "Citing Salon's publication, government abandons its fight ..."

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/03/29/aclu_abu_ghraib/index_np.html

. . .

A Pentagon spokesman said Tuesday that the military would now review Salon's Web site to see if there were any images or videos that were part of the court case that were not published. "Under the terms of the agreement, within seven days, we will identify the images recently published on a media website that were of issue in this appeal," said the spokesman, Lt. Col. John Skinner. "If any images at issue were not published on the website we will release those images with portions redacted."

. . .

In a legal filing last summer, Gen. Richard Myers, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, argued that the disclosure of these images would "endanger the lives and physical safety" of U.S. military personnel, aid in the recruitment efforts of insurgent forces, weaken the democratic governments of Iraq and Afghanistan, and "increase the likelihood of violence against United States interests."

On Tuesday, Skinner, the Pentagon spokesman, repeated these concerns, but he acknowledged that he knew of no specific incidents that had resulted from the Salon publication of the material. "We've seen people exploit images like this before," Skinner said.

In September of 2005, federal District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein rejected the government's national security concerns, saying terrorists "do not need pretexts for their barbarism." He stayed his ruling pending an appeal in the 2nd Circuit, which has now been abandoned.
. . .

[KoKo]

2. Salon Mag. already had them all?

They figure the Media won't show them? They've doctored them up so they don't look so bad now? They figure people don't care any more...it's old news?

Any of the above?

[SCDem]

3. So they can change the story and the blame

for the continual violence in Iraq and deaths of many.

Just my guess - now they will say - see you terrorist-lef-leaning-ACLU look at what you have done you have caused people to kill people and think ill of the US.

[Murdock]

4. Scandal Fatigue..

Sadly, it won't have much of an effect. It'll get a blurb and a mention, but it'll be back to Natalee Holloway on the MSM.