The Obama administration has asked the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling for the release of photos of abuse at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. -DB
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
August 10, 2009
By Corinna Zarek
The Obama administration formally asked the U.S. Supreme Court Friday to overturn a lower court decision requiring the relase of the controversial “torture photos” — images depicting abuse at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison.
Last September, the Second Circuit court of appeals rejected the government’s assertions that the images are exempt from the Freedom of Information Act stating the government failed to “identify at least one individual with reasonable specificity” whose life or safety may be endangered by their release.
The Reporters Committee plans to file a friend-of-the-court brief asking the Supreme Court to let the previous rulings stand.
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