US ordered to explain withholding of Iraq and Afghanistan torture photos | US news | theguardian.com

US ordered to explain withholding of Iraq and Afghanistan torture photos | US news | theguardian.com: At issue is the publication of as many as 2,100 photographs of detainee abuse, although the government continues not to confirm the precise number. Said to be even more disturbing than the infamous Abu Ghraib photographs that sparked a global furor in 2004, the imagery is the subject of a transparency lawsuit that both the Bush and Obama administrations, backed by the US Congress, have strenuously resisted.