US Supreme Court Rejects Order to Release Abuse Photos.

The Supreme Court actually had little choice since Obama managed to change the law so that he has the discretion to declare that the release would endanger US soldiers. Of course earlier Obama had claimed that the photos showed nothing sensational. However he claims to have changed the law and requested that the photos not be released because Prime Minister Maliki of Iraq claimed that their release would slow the withdrawal of US troops. It seems that any excuse will do. Obama probably gave in to pressure from some quarters not to have them released. This is just another example of Obama being pressured to backtrack on his ideals of accountability and change etc. This is from antiwar.com.

Supreme Court Throws Out Order to Release Abuse Photos
High Court Cites Change in Law Permitting Obama to Keep Photos Secret
by Jason Ditz,
In a move that was highly expected, the Supreme Court issued a brief today throwing out a previous ruling by the US court of appeals which ordered the release of detainee abuse photos.

The Supreme Court cited a recent change in federal law that allowed the executive branch to unilaterally declare that making the photos public would "endanger American soldiers," which they did earlier this month, effectively keeping the photos a secret indefinitely.

...President Obama initially claimed that the photos didn't contain anything particularly sensational but demanded the court overturn the ruling after Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-MalikiNouri al-Maliki predicted that the photos would delay the US pullout from the nation....