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Boy, these guys sure are in a rut! More Nixonian secrecy and, in an attempt to save themselves, they're reduced to recycling the same tired script:

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Bush administration lawyers are advising the Pentagon not to publicly release any more photographs of Iraqi prisoners being abused by U.S. soldiers, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said at the outset of a hastily arranged visit to Iraq aimed at containing the abuse scandal.

"As far as I'm concerned, I'd be happy to release them all to the public and to get it behind us," Rumsfeld told reporters traveling with him from Washington. "But at the present time I don't know anyone in the legal shop in any element of the government that is recommending that."

The government lawyers argue that releasing such materials would violate a Geneva Convention stricture against presenting images of prisoners that could be construed as degrading, Rumsfeld said en route to the Iraqi capital on a trip that was not announced in advance due to security concerns.
(via MSNBC)

Oh, so now we've discovered the Geneva Convention, huh?

Any port in a storm, right? Advocate violating the Geneva Convention whenever you want but then, almost in the same breath, use it as an excuse to CYA and keep evidence from the public. Once again, I'm not even sure calling this "rank hypocrisy" quite covers it, eh?

Oh yeah, and Don, if you're following the script closely, don't forget to take the plastic turkey with you!

Wait. That's right. He's staying behind in the White House.

Never mind.