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Tilted Cat Head
Administrator
Location: Manhattan, NY
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Originally Posted by spectre
The government has all of the power, and the government of and by the people needs transparency to serve those people. If they don't make a difference, then what's the harm in releasing them? The terrorists want to kill us no matter how many photos they have. Assuming they're sitting around and these photos are what gets them to decide to attack them is just silly. Keeping these photos secret doesn't heal the country as the outcry will continue. Ignoring problems doesn't make them go away. The only way to move past this is to act like adults. Owning up to the wrong doing is the only way to move forward.
I agree, that is exactly why it was a problem. Even though it was something that seemed small and harmless, it was a person charged with faithfully executing federal law breaking that law.
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Again, I'll ask, what's the benefit in releasing them to the general public? Being released to allow for prosecution, I'm down with, but what is the benefit to the public at large?
Murder and rape victims get privacy and compassion from the media and the world at large, why not someone who's also been tortured? When do they get to heal?
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iraq: Abu Ghraib Victims Speak: August 8, 2004
'Before the publishing of the photographs, I had been keeping my experience to myself,' he said. 'After the publishing of the photographs, my mother came to me and asked me, 'Have they done to you what they have done to them?' I had to say, 'No.' Then, a relative of mine, who was detained with us and who knew of my story there, told my family what he knew, and that they did so-and-so to me.' Now, he said, he doesn't see anyone — not his mother or brothers or sisters-in-law. He's too ashamed."
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