The Detainee Abuse Photos Obama Didn't Want You To See - The Daily Beast

Obama Administration Holding Back Potentially Thousands Of Photos Of Detainee Abuse
President Barack Obama speaks about early childhood education, Wednesday Dec. 10, 2014, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
President Barack Obama speaks about early childhood education, Wednesday Dec. 10, 2014, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

The Obama administration is withholding hundreds, perhaps even thousands of photographs showing the U.S. government’s brutal treatment of detainees, meaning that revelations about detainee abuse could well continue, possibly compounding the outrage generated by the Senate “torture report” now in the public eye.

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