The other abuse photos

Here's an article by the AP entitled, "Judge: Public Has Right to See Abuse Photos". This is really important, I think, and will have a big impact if the administration doesn't somehow appeal and manage to continue suppressing the photos. Here's an excerpt from the article:

A federal judge has told the government it will have to release additional pictures of detainee abuse at Iraq''s Abu Ghraib prison, civil rights lawyers said.

Judge Alvin Hellerstein, finding the public has a right to see the pictures, told the government Thursday he will sign an order requiring it to release them to the American Civil Liberties Union, the lawyers said.

The judge made the decision after he and government attorneys privately viewed a sampling of nine pictures resulting from an Army probe into abuse and torture at the prison. The pictures were given to the Army by a military policeman assigned there.
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[ACLU lawyer Megan Lewis] said the judge's findings likely would clear the way for the release of other pictures of detainees taken around the world by U.S. authorities.

"I do think they could be extremely upsetting and depict conduct that would outrage the American public and be truly horrifying," she said outside court.

The judge ordered the transcript of comments made during his viewing of the pictures sealed. He did not disclose his findings in court, but said his order "will lead to production (of the pictures) or further proceedings."

"Further proceedings" presumably referred to possible appeals by government lawyers, who declined to comment as they left the hearing. A message left with a government spokeswoman was not immediately returned.

I do hope the photos make it to the light of day and that they do cause massive outrage. It's time the American public woke up to what is being done in our name.