Pentagon forced to release prisoner abuse photos


	Pentagon forced to release prisoner abuse photos

masbury

4-24-2009 4:30 PM

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masbury says:

From a half-dozen prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan; Courts insist on right of public to know

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4-25-2009 10:02 AM

ratilfar

Beyond abuse, people have been murdered through torture. Yet you find people, some in clipmarks defending it in the name of safety. Same people that panicked when the DHS pointed the spotlight their way recently.

I wonder why?

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