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- Chris Bray
- Itinerant historian, former infantry soldier, and the author of "Court-Martial: How Military Justice has Shaped America, from the Revolution to 9/11 and Beyond," forthcoming from W.W. Norton.
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I would find all this talk about how right now is just too critical a moment and the situation is particularly delicate if they'd give a date certain to release the photos. Even if that date was a year or even two years in the future, I might be able to buy the argument. I think those who say that the photos wouldn't move anybody to action are engaging in hyperbole, are ignorant of the world or, at the worst, are knowingly lying in order to push an agenda, however noble. But there will never be a time when someone, somewhere might not be influenced negatively against the US by their release and the same applies to the future release of other abuses which haven't occurred yet or many other categories of information. And the information will still get out there. Are we going to start arresting journalists like North Korea or Iran?
Absent a date certain, I'd settle for defined criteria and an appeals process -- an interested party can ask a judge to look at any photos withheld under the act to see if the executive branch is just using it for political cover.
The rest is all true: "there will never be a time when someone, somewhere might not be influenced negatively against the US by their release," and the way to avoid that is to not do things that will provide al-Qaeda will recruiting material. "Don't do it" is easier than "hide the evidence."
Marge, it takes two to lie. One to lie, and one to listen.
Homer Simpson
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