Detail of the content emerged from Major General Antonio Taguba, the former army officer who conducted an inquiry into the Abu Ghraib jail in Iraq. Allegations

Detail of the content emerged from Major General Antonio Taguba, the former army officer who conducted an inquiry into the Abu Ghraib jail in Iraq. Allegations of rape and abuse were included in his 2004 report but the fact there were photographs was never revealed. He later confirmed their existence in an interview with the Daily Telegraph in May 2009. The London newspaper further noted “graphic nature of some of the images may explain the US President Obama’s attempts to block the release of an estimated 2,000 photographs from prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan despite an earlier promise to allow them to be published.” Maj. Gen. Taguba, who retired in January 2007, said he supported the President’s decision, adding: “These pictures show torture, abuse, rape and every indecency. “The mere description of these pictures is horrendous enough, take my word for it.” [...] The leaked Public Affairs Guidance put the 101st media team into a "passive posture" — withholding information where possible. It conceals presence of both child victims, and describes the rape victim, who had just turned 14, as "a young woman". ... So, that's why we can't take even their word for it. The English language is pretty powerful, expressive, and descriptive, but when people intend to use it to disguise the true nature of something, they can. I'd just add: if the people involved in both the crime and the coverup (which is all the way up to the Command in Chiefs !) don't get life sentences, our justice system has totally lost all shred of whatever hint of credibility or authority they still clung to. The DoJ must start locking up their fed buddies now or our country is going to have a bleak future. Also, free Bradley Manning and bring Snowden home! Support our whistle-blowers.