Posted by
Bill Crawford on Thursday, May 14, 2009 1:06:13 PM
This President shows us all again what happens when you combine the killer instincts of a true politician with a moral relativism: the ability to turn on a dime, even if it deranges your core supporters.
He won accolades in the NY Times for his decision not to continue to appeal the release of photos from Abu Graib. )The ACLU has had a Freedom Of Information Act application on these for years, and it is winding it's way towards the Supreme Court. ) Then he announced this week that he would appeal them anew, for "national security" reasons.
Curiously, he speaks publicly about this as if he were a bystander to the process. The truth to that is, the Pentagon has been against this forever, and Holder's Justice Department is all for it. It is not thiers to decide. I guess the buck only stops "here" when it is convenient.
So now the icon of the ACLU may well end up named in a separate lawsuit against them. Naaah... if this were Bush, it already would have happened. It is still in their best interests not to make this guy look bad. It also has been noted by these groups that if you get on his bad side, he will cut you off. Ain;t that right, Reverend Wrght?