Provoking thought

""Our nation does not surrender to blackmail," wrote the District Court judge, Alvin Hellerstein. "Our struggle to prevail" in Iraq, the judge wrote, "must be without sacrificing the transparency and accountability of government and military officials."

"He was responding to a statement by General Richard Myers, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who said publication of the images (dozens of withheld photographs and videotapes that show abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib) could provoke acts of terrorism against US soldiers."

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/pentagon-must-release-abuse-photos/2005/09/30/1127804662918.html