Releasing Detainee Photos

The Supreme Court overturned a ruling that required the government to release pictures showing the abuse of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Supreme court sent the case back down to the 2nd Circuit of the Court of Appeals in New York, in light of a new law that allows the secretary of defense to exempt certain photos from disclosure.

The Obama administration is concerned with inciting anti-American sentiment and is clearly working to create a new image abroad. But does this create enough of a danger to block the release of the pictures?

There are issues of freedom of information, but we are given vivid descriptions of what the pictures involve. Does the public really need to see these images? I question the value that the release of these pictures can have now. Isn't this just trying to sensationalize something that this administration had nothing to do with?