Press demands 2nd set of Abu Ghraib photos

The Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press (RCFP) filed an amicus brief with the Federal Court reviewing the FOIA request of the ACLU for the release of the 2nd set of photos and videos from Abu Ghraib. The Department of Defense claimed in court late last month that the content of the photos is so shocking and disturbing (according to various sources, scenes of rape and sexual abuse, and abuse of minors) that it would provoke more violence in Afghanistan and Iraq, and hence they should be kept secret. The move by the RCFP is relatively rare, once an issue is at trial, but a spokesman said the action was in response to what the RCFP deemed to be a very novel, and potentially dangerous argument by the Department of Defense to withhold critical information from the public.