ACLU: US authenticates Abu Ghraib images

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ACLU: US authenticates Abu Ghraib images

RAW STORY
Published: Tuesday April 11, 2006

The American Civil Liberties Union and the New York Civil Liberties Union today released the first official U.S. government authentication of images of detainee abuse by U.S. forces at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. The Department of Defense was forced to turn over the information as well as one additional image as a result of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the ACLU in 2004.

From their release to RAW STORY.

Significantly, in agreeing to the release and authentication of the notorious images, the Department of Defense did not contest a district court ruling that the release of these images is crucial to understanding the command failures that led to the abuse. The ACLU said that this ruling would therefore apply to other images of detainee abuse withheld on the same legal grounds as the Abu Ghraib images.

“This is a moral victory in every sense, but the battle is not over until the top-ranking officials who are truly responsible for these abuses are held accountable," said Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director of the ACLU. "These images convey on a visceral level the impact of the government's policies. Now that the government has released these images, it should focus on the real issue, which is how and why these abuses were allowed to happen in the first place.”

The government also informed the court today that it is withholding an additional 29 photos and two videos relating to detainee treatment and that it will file declarations in support of its withholding of these images by April 25, 2006. Details regarding the specific content of these additional images are unknown.

The authentication released today identifies 73 photographs and three videotapes depicting detainee abuse, provided by Sergeant Joseph Darby to the Army's Criminal Investigation Command. Seventy-three of the images are available from the online magazine Salon.com. One additional image from the Darby trove, with individually identifying details deleted, was also released. It depicts two men in orange jumpsuits standing side by side.

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/ACLU_US_authenticates_Abu_Ghraib_images_0411.html

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1. pics, plez

I just can't get enough of the torture-porn that little mynx Lyndie England produced all by her lonesome over in that prison she ran and made all the decisions for, whilst keeping her entire upward chain of command in the dark.

I just hope there's some other twisted torture-pervert little national guard gal carrying on the noble and patriotic USA tradition!

Except that damn Rummy outsmarted us! no more cameras allowed!

DAMN YOU, RUMSFELD! DAMN YOU!

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