May 13, 2009

Obi-One Gains Wisdom

I certainly hope that President Obama realizes that release of these images can do nothing but harm his own efforts.

Via The Blotter: President Obama met with White House counsel Greg Craig and other members of the White House counsel team last week and told them that he had second thoughts about the decision to hand over photographs of detainee abuse to the ACLU, per a judge's order, and had changed his mind.

The president "believes their release would endanger our troops," a White House official says, adding that the president "believes that the national security implications of such a release have not been fully presented to the court."

At the end of that meeting, the president directed Craig to object to the immediate release of the photos on those grounds. In an Oval Office meeting with Iraq Commander General Ray Odierno, the president told him of his decision to argue against the release of the photographs.

I was upset about the release of these photos. We've seen enough and to release them publicly outside the context of any hearing or trial is a mistake.

Even then the record should be sealed. Should they ever be released? Yes, probably in 50 years or so. Or until such a time as we are not in a state of war with al-Qaeda.


By Howie at May 13, 2009 01:12 PM | | l digg this