Filthy immoral maggot: President Signs Law Giving Defense Department Authority to Exempt Prisoner Abuse Photos From Freedom of Information

President Obama today signed into law a Homeland Security appropriations bill that grants the Department of Defense (DOD) the authority to continue suppressing photos of prisoner abuse. The amendment, which would allow the DOD to exempt photos from the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), is aimed at photos ordered released by a federal appeals court as part of an American Civil Liberties Union FOIA lawsuit for photos and other records related to detainee abuse in U.S. custody overseas, although it would apply to other photos in government custody as well. Earlier this month, the ACLU sent a letter to Secretary Robert Gates urging him not to exercise the authority to suppress the photos in their case, stating that the photos "are of critical relevance to an ongoing national debate about accountability."

More: http://www.aclu.org/accountability/index.html
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Filthy immoral maggot: President Signs Law Giving Defense Department Authority to Exempt Prisoner Abuse Photos From Freedom of Information

Filthy immoral maggot: President Signs Law Giving Defense Department Authority to Exempt Prisoner Abuse Photos From Freedom of Information

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