What, are Graham and Lieberman in the photos?

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

The Raw Story is reporting that at a press conference Tuesday afternoon, Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Joe Lieberman (I-C.T.) threatened to shut down the Senate by blocking any further legislation unless their bill preventing the release of any further detainee abuse photos is passed. Graham, Lieberman threaten Senate shut down over abuse photo bill

“Both Senators said they were alarmed that a House-Senate conference committee on the supplemental war spending bill appears poised to eliminate language — inserted by the two Senators — that would block public disclosure of detainee abuse photos,” reported Roll Call. “The $90-billion-plus bill has been held up, in part, because House Democratic leaders have said they do not have the votes to pass it with the detainee photo provision included, because many liberal lawmakers have balked at the language.”

Politico’s Glenn Thrush noted: “House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who initially said she’d support the amendment, which was also pushed by Connecticut Independent Sen. Joe Lieberman, now thinks it’s ‘likely’ the measure will be stripped in a conference committee.”

“The question over the release of the photos is one of two key issues that is jamming up final consideration of a major, emergency spending bill to fund the war in Iraq, efforts in Pakistan and Afghanistan and prepare for the H1N1 flu,” reported Fox.

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[Graham] and Lieberman are determined to vote against the war supplemental without the photos amendment. “And,” he said “I think we’ll carry a lot of people with us.”

What, are Graham and Lieberman in the photos? And whatever happened to the hyperbolic GOP argument that a vote against war supplemental funding is a vote against our troops?

As previously reported here Obama administration should comply with a court order and release the torture photos, or the media will (and has), the photos in question are believed to have been in the possession of the media since 2006:

The Raw Story blog reports Leaked torture photos published in 2006 went largely unseen:

A little over three years ago, SBS Dateline, an Australian television program, released leaked photographs from the U.S. prison in Iraq, Abu Ghraib.

It is believed that the pictures being held back by the Obama administration may include some of these shots that most of the US press ignored, although RAW STORY ran them in 2006.

If you want to view the photos, go to the Raw Story link Leaked torture photos published in 2006 went largely unseen