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It's amazing how more and more of Obama's campaign promises and foreign policies now that he's in office mimic that of President Bush who Obama has relentlessly criticized in the past, i.e, Gitmo and Afghanistan. When all is said and done Barack will be recognized as a true Conservative Republican. Pass that funny smelling cigarette over here again please.

The notion that it is the photographs of these acts and not the acts themselves that imperil American servicepeople is OUTRAGEOUS. Message: it's only immoral if you get caught.

We've seen enough photos, and those already shown have made their impact. Move on.

Democrats will not call the people who flew planes into the Pentagon and World Trade Towers terrorists, but law abiding, good hearted Americans who know their history and are against the lefts socialist take over of our nation and our freedoms are called Terrorists by every Democrat in America.

What does it say about you when you support this by voting Democrat?

Hey lefty loons, more change you can believe in.

So much for "freedom of information".. And gt, you might try spellchecker before you completely embarrass yourself again.

I absolutely cannot believe the ACLU and all you liberal fools with a HO for Bush so bad as to want to hurt fellow CIA and troops! Egad people – think about what you are wanting to do! You egotistical meniacs need to just get over yourselves.

Here we go again with the pictures.

Lets stir up and intensify massive hatred of the US, and give them pictures to use as posters for recruiting people to their cause.

What is wrong with the ACLU and Left America, that they don't understand reality? We don't live in a tree-hugging world. Get with the program, or the next 9/11 will be blood on your hands.

I don't believe that the photos should be released to the press because it will just add fuel to the fire in our efforts to deal with the people who already hate us (with SOME good reason) in the Middle East. However, that being said, there is no reason that these photos can't be used as evidence to bring the masters of toture to justice!

The photos may help terrorist recruitment....but sending in 40,000 more troops will do the same thing....remember Westmoreland put 500,000 into Viet Nam and we didn't get anything but body bags out of it.

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

Obama administration is trying to clean up the mess they inherited from the previous administration. Publishing the photos will only tarnish the American image and bring more hatred and animosity against our soldiers in general. Our young men and women are out there fighting a war not of their own choosing. We must keep our soliders out of harms way and not bring about added danger because of the actions of a few bad soliders. The military authorities must take firm actions against the soliders who commited the abuse.

By the way, I was delighted to hear that Obama won the Nobel peace prize. There may be others who are equally deserving of the prize if not more but the Nobel Committee unanimously voted President Obama to be the winner and that's the end of it.

Don't release the photos, they have images of people being brutally beaten. They depict unethical and dishonorable policies. It would be horrible for the world to know how morally bankrupt Bush and Cheney were. We must not let these photos of massive and shameless beatings be leaked.

And ps: We do not torture (as long as we keep the evidence sealed!

The ACLU is just a adjunct for Al Queda. They care more for terrorist rights than American lives.

The truth is going to hurt us so lets bury it. This is what tyrants do after commiting their atrocities. The military is scared it will receive bad publicity and added danger, they sould have thought of that before and while they tortured prisoners, many of them innocent. What goes round, comes round. Enjoy.

Yet another Obama Change. Changed his promise again.

Does no one care that our president says one thing to get what he wants , then does the opposite?

Man's inhumanity to man is well documented. Whether the photos are released or not, God knows what people have done and not done. Vengence is His not ours. Many times, the line between justice and retribution is not clear. God has the ability to distinguish between the two. Do we?

Why on Earth would anyone want to release those photos? It must be kept under wraps due to National Security. Releasing them is like making a recruiting advertisement for the Taliban. Get it together people.

"Staying the course" of course, of course.....

I agree that it is Bush that put the troops in danger. He is the one who brought this on America. Whether or not President Obama releases the photos, the very thought of the US government allowing this type of TORTURE will haunt America for a long time.

These should never be released...we (those represenative of US) have owned up to our errors on this. It was wrong. But it serves no good purpose to release them at this point in time. I think the victims of the craziness should be compensated, with an honest apology and restitution of some sort as their right to dignity was ignored. I understand the fear attached to the threat assumed by them...but still the same...all men (women) have a God given right to maintain their dignity and no one has the right to trump that.

The ACLU needs to step back every now and then to reevaluate its existance and its decisions. How about later when it does not infrenge on the right to life of the American Service men and women? Think globaly when considering rights ACLU.

American Civil Liberties Union wants them released... why and for what purpose?
What civil liberties are being violated by keeping the photos in a file?

The ACLU needs to stick to their charter... defending the civil liberties of those in need.

I can tell you that releasing them will only serve as a recruitment tool for those that don't like us.

The photos in themselves won't be the reason why the recruitment of terrorism will rise around the world. What the Republican Party did for eight years is more than enough. Whether or not the photos are released is irrelevant. Bush/Cheney and the Republicans planted the seed for countless future generations of terrorists.

There is absolutely no justification for suppressing these photographs. The idea that Congress is contemplating legislation to allow for their suppression is just another indication of how far they've fallen in their responsibilities (all of them) in upholding the Constitution. It's entirely possible that these images depict war crimes. The notion that their release will help "recruit terrorists" is a completely brainless and dishonest tactic to justify what is plainly wrong.

Without seeing the photos it is difficult to comment on what abuse is under a court of law.

this will be another obama assult on the military,,, form gay s in the military ,, more troops in afganistan,, now this ,, with freinds like this who needs emenies,,,,

Tough call, should release the photos, but it will probably also recruit more terrorists. The question is how many lives should be sacrificed for the transparency? We ask our military to sacrifice lives to combat terrorists. If it costs American lives in additional terrorist attacks induced by release of the photos, is it worth it? I think probably yes, we can accept more Americans killed in order to see the photographs and find out what was done in our names.

Human life is precious, but not infinitely so. We can put a price on human life, we can say what is worth risking our own or other people's lives for. We decided that Afghanistan and Iraq were worth the sacrifice of thousands of our best and brightest, after all.

my god. if you look at a side profile of Mitt Romney he looks
just like Richard Nixon

The photos need to be kept under wraps. It will be a bad move to release them while the President is debating on how many more American troops need to go into Afghanistan. The release of those photos will incite anti-americanism in the region and help Al-Queda further recruit.

Funny how Obama has done yet another 180 on a campaign promise. Luckily, I agree with the administration on this. These photos will be used by terrorists as rallying cries against our troops overseas.