WASHINGTON -- The Senate has again voted to allow the Obama administration to refuse to release new photos showing U.S. personnel abusing detainees held overseas.
The move by Connecticut independent Joe Lieberman and South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham reprises a huge fight with House liberals during action on a war-funding bill enacted last month.
Lieberman and Graham's move is aimed at trumping a lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union seeking detainee abuse photos. A federal appeals court last month withdrew its order to release the images after a White House appeal. The president and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates say release of the photos could inflame anti-American sentiment and put U.S. troops at risk.
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