Obama's Statement Opposing Release of Prisoner Photos

Obama said there would be no benefit in releasing the photos and the publication of the photos would have a negative effect on our soldiers' safety. Many on the left and the right are having a hard time realizing that Obama is no ideologue. 

This video from April 24 shows that Obama did have some reservations:

Obama To Fight Release of Gruesome Photos

Update: Watch Obama's statement on this here.
The ACLU filed a lawsuit for the release of the prisoner photos, which was expected by the end of the month. The Obama administration originally had said it wouldn't fight the outcome of the lawsuit. But no longer. I'm sure the photos are horrible and would've extended Cheney's defense tour. This move by Obama, in my opinion is a good one. But it will not please the left.

The Defense Department was set to release hundreds of photographs showing alleged abuse of prisoners in detention facilities in Afghanistan and Iraq.

"Last week, the president met with his legal team and told them that he did not feel comfortable with the release of the [Defense Department] photos because he believes their release would endanger our troops, and because he believes that the national security implications of such a release have not been fully presented to the court," the official said.

"At the end of that meeting, the president directed his counsel to object to the immediate release of the photos on those grounds. ... [Obama] strongly believes that the release of these photos, particularly at this time, would only serve the purpose of inflaming the theaters of war, jeopardizing U.S. forces, and making our job more difficult in places like Iraq and Afghanistan."

The release is in response to a Freedom of Information Act request filed by the American Civil Liberties Union. It follows President Obama's decision to release Bush-era CIA documents showing that the U.S. used techniques like waterboarding, considered torture by the current administration.

More Gruesome Prisoner Abuse Photos to be Released

When the Cheney-Bush administration was torturing, they should've then considered the wider effects of their deeds. It wouldn't surprise me if Cheney personally participated in torture since he seems to be fiercely defending himself.
I believe the man is twisted. Admitting he'd choose Rush Limbaugh, who does nothing but hate and antagonize others to follow along, over Colin Powell shows his sickness.
The new photos are expected to be released before the end of the month. They are being released as the result of a lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union. Lindsey Graham, Joe Lieberman and obviously the Dark One are fighting the release, saying that it will hurt U.S. soldiers and empower al-Qaeda. My question is: Why are there so many photos? Was there a detainee photo day or something?

But now a new batch of photographs, perhaps hundreds of images, of prisoners being abused is about to be made public. It comes at a time when the debate over prisoner mistreatment is still roiling America's political and public conscience. The new photographs are being made public in a victory for the American Civil Liberties Union. And the Pentagon, after fighting, and losing, three federal court reviews of the matter, has waved the white flag and is now preparing to release the pictures. Some of the photographs are official; some, like the original Abu Ghraib collection, taken informally by soldiers. "We know this could make things tougher for our troops," a senior Pentagon official says, "but the court decisions really don't leave us with any other option." Read more at Time