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...the same FOIA request that George Bush challenged only on law enforcement and privacy grounds.

The end result? Barack Obama has flip-flopped again. Seems that all of these rhetorical flash in the pan campaign promises are now exposed as simplistic, wishful naivete; pandering to the childish rampages of his far-left electorate. You recall those spittle-flecked nutty kids who demanded the the troops be brought home, NOW! Sorry, punks, Barack Obama hasn't brought them home, and won't, anytime soon; instead, he's following many of George Bush's policies. Those same policies he decried to applause from...Lefty kids. Kids who've demanded release of all of the detainee 'abuse' photos, NOW! Barack Obama shuts 'em down, using a tactic that, had George Bush utilized it, those hyperventilating kids would've again bounced, flounced and shat their diapers. From the ACLU, some typical crying and babbling...

“This essentially renders meaningless President Obama's pledge of transparency and accountability that he made in the early days after taking office,” said Singh, the ACLU lawyer. The Obama administration “has essentially become complicit with the torture that was rampant during the Bush years by being complicit in its cover-up.”

Lovin' it. Keep crying...from another Lefty group...

Civil liberties and human rights advocates asserted the reversal would serve to maintain the Bush administration's legacy of secrecy. Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, said Obama's shift was “deeply disappointing.”

“Even given that the photos will undoubtedly generate outrage in the region, the best way to dampen that outrage is to hold those responsible accountable,” Roth said.

Seems that becoming President forces one to grow up, even this underemployed Unicorn-riding 'lightbringer'. Now, you lefty kids, take and listen carefully to a message from yo' Daddy:

"The publication of these photos would not add any additional benefit to our understanding of what was carried out in the past by a small number of individuals," Obama said.

"In fact, the most direct consequence of releasing them would be to further inflame anti-American opinion, and to put our troops in greater danger."

The greatest flip-flopper of our times. Because he has to be.