Thursday, May 14, 2009

It's only the ones you were really hoping would make a difference that can profoundly let you down.

Obama Reverses Promise to Release Detainee Torture Photos - Boing Boing:
"President Obama announced today that he will move to block the release of photos documenting American military personnel torturing detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan, saying the images could 'further inflame anti-American opinion.'

What BS. You know what will help dampen those flames? An end to war crimes impunity, and the dawn of that true transparency he promised America during his presidential campaign. Instead, we're dealt yet another civil liberties disappointment.

...Obama isn't just "Bush Lite" with regard to these issues, he's continuing the exact same policies of the Bush administration and in some matters, expanding those powers further. Nothing "lite" about that. "

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