As Jim Geraghty notes, all of Obama’s promises come with an expiration date. All of them.
Obama Opposes Releasing Photos of U.S. Detainee Abuse
President Obama has decided not to release photos which the Pentagon had planned to released by May 28 in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union.President Obama has decided not to release hundreds of photos potentially showing U.S. military personnel abusing prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on New York City and the Pentagon.
A senior administration official told FOX News that Obama met with his legal team last week and told them that he did not feel comfortable with the release of the photos because he believes they would endanger U.S. troops, and that the national security implications of such a release have not been fully presented to the court.
Last week.
President Obama Reverses Course on Releasing More Detainee Abuse Photographs
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.”
They decided this last week. One wonders why it took them this long to mention it. Even the usual “new polls came in” excuse won’t fly, this time: we knew Friday that the Democrats were losing the initiative in this argument.
All very odd.
Crossposted to Moe Lane.
You know to believe just the opposite of what Obama says.
Common_Cents Wednesday, May 13th at 1:24PM EDT (link)I am not running the auto companies.
I don’t want to run health care.
I blocked the photo release for national security.
yeah right.
“Never interrupt your enemy when he’s making a mistake.” Napoleon - Well, unless he is ruining your country! Common Cents
A cult of personality arises when a country’s leader uses mass media to create a heroic public image, often through unquestioning flattery and praise.[1] Cults of personality are often found in dictatorships.
Well it's also the 2 sides of Obama
Richard Mullins Wednesday, May 13th at 2:37PM EDT (link)One side is the realest that knows that there are some things he shouldn’t do
And then there is the Idealoge that wants to do every thing that he thinks is right.
Both cannont coexist at all.
He want’s to look he in touch wit reality but still mantian the Leftest nuttiness inside.
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2 sides, 1 Teleprompter cannot coexist.
blooch Wednesday, May 13th at 3:20PM EDT (link)“I believe the release of these photographs would endanger…umm… 500 error…Ahhh…OK, hold on…back that up a little…”
“I have to admit that Karl Marx (1818-1883) was a smart man. He was, in many ways, a psychologist.”–drealoth
I knew that evil telepromter would come out
Richard Mullins Wednesday, May 13th at 3:47PM EDT (link)Sometimes,I wonder if Obama can sleep w/o the Telepromter?
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Thanks to the former Vice President
jburr Wednesday, May 13th at 2:19PM EDT (link)You know, liberals remind me of that bully that everyone knew from high school. As is the case with most bullies as long as you let them they will bully you, but it is amazing that when you stand up to them and force their hand you see that they are the biggest cowards of all.
You might not win every fight but the end result is the same, between you and an easier target, they will go after the easier target every time because they know that you will fight. We need to take the lessons from grade school and apply them to the Democratic Party. As the former Vice President has shown us, the bully will back down. You either learn from the past or you are doomed to repeat it.
Or, weren't the photos incriminating and nasty enough? nt
Common_Cents Wednesday, May 13th at 2:20PM EDT (link)“Never interrupt your enemy when he’s making a mistake.” Napoleon - Well, unless he is ruining your country! Common Cents
A cult of personality arises when a country’s leader uses mass media to create a heroic public image, often through unquestioning flattery and praise.[1] Cults of personality are often found in dictatorships.
Yes, Common Cents, it would probably not produce enough AlQ recruits if
janis Wednesday, May 13th at 2:48PM EDT (link)they saw pictures of detainees praying, reading the Koran, eating nutritious Middle Eastern type food, getting dental checkups, and playing soccer.
It might, on the other hand, persuade a few of the poorer ones to surrender if it means they get to go to Club Gitmo.
Great. I was grooming my ponytail
blooch Wednesday, May 13th at 3:02PM EDT (link)and dressing up my Bush effigy for the whine and cheese opening at the art gallery.
“I have to admit that Karl Marx (1818-1883) was a smart man. He was, in many ways, a psychologist.”–drealoth
Mr. Geraghty's list should probably be updated
Lammo Wednesday, May 13th at 5:00PM EDT (link)I’m sure it has grown exponentially since 11-03-08.
ACORN: Association of Criminals Obama Represented in the Nineties. (jupitersuite)
Don’t be so open minded that your brains fall out. (Fr. John Corapi, SOLT)
Crime never takes a holiday. (Dennis J. O’Shea, R.I.P.)
Unlawful is against the law. Illegal is a sick bird. (Ooold joke)
Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read. (Groucho Marx)
Who is "They"?
restofva Wednesday, May 13th at 5:08PM EDT (link)What caught my attention was that no matter how peeved the looney left seems to be, they still can’t bring themselves to blame Obama directly.
This from a POLITICO article linked on Drudge:
“If it’s true that they’re reversing position, we find that wholly unacceptable,” ACLU attorney Jameel Jaffer told POLITICO. “It’s inconsistent with the commitment they’ve made to the court and its inconsistent with the promise of transparency that they’ve repeated many times both before the election and since.”
I count one “they’re” and two “they’ve” in such a short statement.
C-heney I-nside A-advice
edward_cropper Wednesday, May 13th at 5:17PM EDT (link)Could it be that our political freedom is in the hands of the CIA.
These boys and girls with their secret memos and pictures have a lot of politicos by the short hairs. Ask Queen Nancy.
Are they pitching Dick Cheney some in dope?
Edward Cropper
LAME COURT CHALLENGE
beanerecmo Thursday, May 14th at 8:46PM EDT (link)With this decision, Obama gets both the sides; he’s trying not to put our troops more in harm’s way (for conservatives); then, he lets the courts decide by putting up a lame challenge, and the courts rule the photos must be released (and they will be for the left). Remember, he wanted to release these without any pressure except from the left, but Rham and Axelrod see a win-win for Obama by taking this route. Of course, if he really doesn’t want to release the photos, he could do that with an executive order, but he has no spine against Soros and he really doesn’t like America and wants to remake it in his image, not what the founding fathers had in mind.
I was a liberal until I learned to read, got a job and was mugged by weak-willed tax and spend politicians and their naive acolytes.