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Obama's Priorities

1:01 PM, May 5, 2009 • By JOHN MCCORMACK
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Don Suber notes that the administration will release photos that could be used by terrorists as propaganda against the United States but not photos that could be used in campaign commercials against Obama:

The New York Post reported: "The $328,835 snapshots of an Air Force One backup plane buzzing lower Manhattan last week will not be shown to the public, the White House said yesterday."

Meanwhile, the White House will cave in to liberal special interest groups and release another set of photos.

AFP reported: "The Pentagon will soon release hundreds of photographs showing alleged abuse by US personnel of war on terror detainees during the Bush administration, a US official said Friday."

National security does not bother him. Criticism of The Won? that just is not going to happen…

John Kerry acknowledged the other week that release the photos of alleged detainee abuse would hurt national security: "I do think it will be used as a propaganda tool and have some damaging impact."

Kerry's defense of Obama--"They are not releasing them because they want to, but because there was a FOIA request and a judge is ordering them released"--ignores the fact that the Obama administration chose not to appeal that ruling to the Supreme Court.

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