Pesky Technology

By way of The Agonist:

"Digital cameras, camcorders and cellphones with cameras have been prohibited in military compounds in Iraq," it said, adding that a "total ban throughout the US military" is in the works.

Disturbing new photos of Iraqi prisoner abuse, which the US government had reportedly tried to keep hidden, were published on Friday in the Washington Post newspaper.

The photos emerged along with details of testimony from inmates at Abu Ghraib who said they were sexually molested by female soldiers, beaten, sodomised and forced to eat food from toilets.

Yes, indeed. Good show old chap. That's the way to get to the bottom of these horrible acts--ban the cameras which record them!

As the DoD's attitude when initially alereted to the abuses at Abu Ghraib (last Fall) has well proven, no pictures means no problem. So, no cameras, no pictures, no torture. Voila.