Pentagon denies Telegraph report...(salt, mountains of it)

The Pentagon is denying that classified photos show rape:

WASHINGTON, May 28 (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Thursday denied a British newspaper report that photographs of Iraqi prisoner abuse, whose release U.S. President Barack Obama wants to block, include images of apparent rape and sexual abuse.

Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said the Daily Telegraph newspaper had shown "an inability to get the facts right".

"That news organization has completely mischaracterized the images," Whitman told reporters. "None of the photos in question depict the images that are described in that article."

Thursday's Telegraph quoted retired U.S. Army Major General Antonio Taguba, who conducted a 2004 investigation into abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, as saying the pictures showed "torture, abuse, rape and every indecency."

Sorry folks, but I don't believe that the Telegraph got their story wrong simply because the DOD is claiming so. I find it difficult to believe that Taguba is wrong. Hersh is wrong. The Telegraph is wrong. Am I supposed to take it on faith that everyone is either wrong and/or lying except for the very people who have the most to lose?

Sorry, nope - Not at this stage of the game and after so many lies and so much cover-up and certainly because it is easy to deny something when you have the proof of it classified.

I really urge someone to please leak these photos so that we can know the truth already and without any arguments.  As long as these images remain classified, any denials will not be believed. They are hollow.