The Obama Administration has decided to go to the Supreme Court - if Congress does not act first - to stop public disclosure of an array of U.S. Army photos that apparently show severe abuse of terrorist detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Justice Department on Thursday asked the Second Circuit Court to put a ruling ordering release on hold because the Solicitor General has decided to appeal to the Supreme Court "absent intervening legislation." ...
the Senate took up legislation to block the release - the Detainee Photographic Records Protection Act - by changing the language of the Freedom of Information Act.
The Senate adopted that provision May 21 as part of a new government funding bill. The House version of that bill does not include the photos provision, but the Senate has asked for a conference with the House to work out the differences between the two bills - an action expected to occur early in June. ...
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