Comments on: Will Any Senator Confront Obama Coverup? http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2009/05/13/will-any-senator-confront-obama-coverup/ A politically independent journal of the campaigns and legislation of the United States Congress. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:46:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: That’s My Congress » Senate Acts To Conceal Future Torture By US Military http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2009/05/13/will-any-senator-confront-obama-coverup/comment-page-1/#comment-37019 That’s My Congress » Senate Acts To Conceal Future Torture By US Military Fri, 22 May 2009 16:23:32 +0000 http://thatsmycongress.com/?p=1016#comment-37019 [...] days ago, I asked whether any member of the U.S. Senate would confront President Obama about his actions to conceal photographs of torture by the U.S. military. Today, I can answer the [...] [...] days ago, I asked whether any member of the U.S. Senate would confront President Obama about his actions to conceal photographs of torture by the U.S. military. Today, I can answer the [...]

]]> By: Congress Watcher http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2009/05/13/will-any-senator-confront-obama-coverup/comment-page-1/#comment-37018 Congress Watcher Fri, 22 May 2009 15:32:19 +0000 http://thatsmycongress.com/?p=1016#comment-37018 The answer to this question is now a clear NO. Yesterday, the Senate UNANIMOUSLY passed amendment 1157 to the military supplemental appropriations bill. That amendment gives the Secretary of Defense the power to conceal from the public, regardless of the Freedom of Information Act, any photographs depicting torture in the past... ... and here's what's really scary - it gives this power to censor photographs of future acts of torture as well. The answer to this question is now a clear NO. Yesterday, the Senate UNANIMOUSLY passed amendment 1157 to the military supplemental appropriations bill. That amendment gives the Secretary of Defense the power to conceal from the public, regardless of the Freedom of Information Act, any photographs depicting torture in the past…

… and here’s what’s really scary – it gives this power to censor photographs of future acts of torture as well.

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