President Barack Obama announced his administration was reversing course about the release of photographs depicting the abuse of foreign prisoners. We're rating this the first Full Flop of the Obama presidency. Full Story »
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Hail to PolitiFact for this fair, detailed and timely analysis. The Web site wasted no time vetting Obama's decision to withhold photos of detainee abuse. High marks for relevance and fairness.
But during the next two weeks, the Obama administration reversed course. On May 13, Gibbs said the administration would not release the photos and would appeal any rulings requiring it to do so.
Some will argue that Obama’s reversal is a prudent course correction, while others will say it undermines his stated values of transparency. We’re not taking a position on what the reversal means, but we are noting it as a complete reversal, the first one we’ve documented for Obama. We rate his change on the photo release a Full Flop.
This is an enormous disappointment for me. In fact, I'd call it an outrage that the administration won't release these photos.