By blocking torture photos, Obama makes a grave mistake...

This is an unbelievable moment. Dick Cheney's PR offensive over the last month actually worked. Barack Obama just crumbled and will follow Cheney's command to not release the new set of detainee abuse pictures.

By the way, if you hadn't figured it out by now, that's why you saw every Cheney in the world on television arguing that torture works and that releasing more information would gravely harm the troops. They weren't worried about what was already released; they were worried about what was going to get released. They were trying to pre-empt the most damaging thing of all - the pictures that show the torture. More...

See also:

1. Here are some of the torture photos that Obama does not want you to see...
2. Obama trying to block torture,abuse photos...
3. If you do not know what waterboarding is...