A Hungry Memory Hole: Destruction of Iraqi Torture Photos
February 20th, 2005 | by Mike G |http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin…/w220353S67.DTL
The ACLU has discovered that the army has destroyed additional photographic evidence of the mock executions and torture of prisoners– similar to those found of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib– in an effort to avoid another round of public outrage.
An Army specialist told investigators that similar photographs were destroyed after images of torture at Abu Ghraib were leaked to the media.
Another Army specialist admitted he was photographed standing behind a prisoner while holding a weapon to his head, according to the released records. The specialist told investigators he considered those kinds of pictures bad because they would enrage the public.
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