Aftershocks from a lack of transparency .

Aftershocks from a lack of transparency. The US government’s reflexive action to classify the remainder deck of Abu Ghaib photos/video is causing aftershocks due to leaks of additional photos. If they had adopted a fully transparent approach, the damage would have been limited to a single… [John Robb’s Weblog]

In a way it’s just as well that this is being dragged out, for the very reason John Robb mentions: full disclosure would have limited the damage. Any government that would do what this one has done needs to be damaged as much as possible. I would certainly prefer it if everyone involved, from the actual torturers up to the President, were facing life imprisonment or execution, but since there’s no chance of that happening I’ll be happy with whatever other damage the Evil Empire might sustain.