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ACLU to Get More Prisoner Abuse Docs

HeadlineJun 03, 2005

A federal judge has ordered the Pentagon to turn over dozens of photographs and four movies depicting abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq as part of an ongoing lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU’s Executive Director Anthony Romero said “These images may be ugly and shocking, but they depict how the torture was more than the actions of a few rogue soldiers.” The ACLU is calling for the appointment of an outside special counsel to investigate the torture and abuse of prisoners. The court order came in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the ACLU, the New York Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights.

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