With Salon's assertion that they have received, "in what may be its entirety", the Abu Ghraib report DVD I expected that their site would link to the contents. It does not. It appears that no more than 10 or so of the 1,000 photographs have been published by Salon. Other media outlets, in recently famous reports, have released others. By my count it appears that no more than 20-30 new pictures have been released. That means that literally hundreds of the photographs and at least half the videos are still safely tucked away from the average American citizen.
I checked all the
torrents for these and have come up empty-handed. I have checked dozens of search engines in English and other languages in hopes of locating them. All in vain. How long will it take before these are released in total, to the American citizens who unfortunately
paid for this behavior which was conducted in their name?
Or will those who have access to the material meter it out, a few pictures at a time, over the course of
months or longer to boost click-thoughts on their website or the purchase of newspapers?
Previously, proponents of the government's position have stated that the release of these photographs and video were moot because "the pictures are available over the Internet". This was and is still patently false. As someone who has spent literally hundreds of hours searching for these images and come up empty-handed, I'm concerned that now that a few media outlets claim to have all or part of the collection of the Darby photos that the outcry for this material will die- even though the public has seen just a tiny sliver of the material available.
Why do I care? Isn't one image enough? I care because this was done in our name. I care because we were made to pay for this behavior. Though each photograph is sickening in its own way, it is important to me that any American wishing to view this material should be able to.
Personally, each image gives me that much more energy to continue to fight the disease which has been inflicted on this country and which we have spread overseas in Liberty's usurped name.PB