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President Obama’s decision to not release photos of interrogation techniques, even though correct, is none the less remarkable but most glaringly hypocritical.  Prior to January 20th, his cries for such were consistent.  I applaud him for the realization that the release of such information does not fall under the auspices of the “right to know”, as well as the fact that any publication of such would create the very real possibility of putting our troops in greater harms way.   The fact still remains that a majority of folks will accept his decision now, even though it was the same decision of the previous administration, only now because it is Obama it’s O.K.   Every administration makes mistakes.  Bush made many but this was not one of them.  To suggest that terrorists should have the same rights as non-terrorists is ludicrous.  To suggest that we should not do everything possible to gather information to protect ourselves should be only common sense but unfortunately it is not.  The very nature of terrorism should trump any rights short of execution, which by the way, is the interrogation limit of our enemies clearly displayed by video.   The left has NEVER demonstrated the same indignation to those executions as it does now to Gitmo or any other practices we use, all of which are far more humane than our enemies.  Other than with the Moveon.org crowd,  President Obama’s decision will hardly cause a ripple.  If any conservative had made the same, it would be editorial fodder for weeks.  No bias in the press though.

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