These photographs, whatever they are, will not add to our knowledge in any meaningful way. We have already seen enough to understand. We know that they exist and the nature of what they disclose. These particular exemplars don't add to the process of determining who knew what when, who ordered what, or how widespread the problem was. We know all that already, and we can take action if we have the political will. What will they add to the process? Nothing of merit.
What happens within the confines of a government courtroom or within the confines of a government committee room is secondary to providing the American people with images that will bring home to them what has been done (assuming the pictures are worse than the previously released pictures) without relying on government officials who have filtered and sanitized the actions allegedly represented in the photos. Any legal action or other investigation and repremand is secondary to
morally angering the American citizenry to the point where they would at least politically punish the instigators of these actions, and hopefully show enough rage to later exact enough legal and social punishment to result in instilling enough fear in any agent of the state who might even think of engaging in such actions in future. In other words, the real point is to make sure the new administration or the next administration does not think that it too can get away with torture.
Yours,
Issodhos
