Six Navy SEALs and the wives of two of them sued The Associated Press and a reporter on Tuesday for publishing photos taken from a Web site that appeared to show the troops abusing prisoners in Iraq. The suit, filed in San Diego Superior Court, said the pictures did not depict abuse and instead put the lives of the soldiers at risk by exposing their faces to the world.
"We believe AP's use of the photos and the manner in which they were obtained were entirely lawful and proper," said Associated Press attorney Dave Tomlin, who is representing the news agency and reporter Seth Hettena. The plaintiffs are identified only as "Six Navy SEALs and Two Jane Does," and the suit indicates they have been allowed to file anonymously by court order. "By failing to conceal the identities of the Navy SEALs, Defendants Seth Hettena and the AP have jeopardized the lives of Plaintiffs Six Navy Seals and their families, as well as compromised their future missions and careers," the suit said. The U.S. Navy said it had nothing to do with the suit.
Distributed around the world, the AP reported the photos showed Navy SEALs sitting on hooded and bound detainees, holding a gun to a detainee's bloodied head, and placing a boot on the chest of a prone man. Other photos showed grinning U.S. personnel sitting or lying atop three hooded prisoners in the bed of a pickup truck. The Dec. 3 AP story quoted a spokesman for the Naval Special Warfare Command as saying some of the photos could put the lives of the SEALs at risk. The suit, which claims invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress, seeks damages and an injunction barring further distribution of the photos.
Source: http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=industryNews&storyID=7199708&pageNumber=1
To Navy Seals, psssstt, don't abuse the prisoners. Simple huh? Uh? Eh? You got what you asked for.
Before some people decide to jump to the conclusion... I totally agree one hundred percent that what the Iraqis do to Americans is morally wrong and inhumane, but what makes you think taking revenge will make it any better? Haven't you heard of the old saying, two wrongs don't make a right? So if we just keep going back and forth, it will just be an endless cycle of terror and we will just killing each other on both sides.
It is no brainer. Yessir.
"We believe AP's use of the photos and the manner in which they were obtained were entirely lawful and proper," said Associated Press attorney Dave Tomlin, who is representing the news agency and reporter Seth Hettena. The plaintiffs are identified only as "Six Navy SEALs and Two Jane Does," and the suit indicates they have been allowed to file anonymously by court order. "By failing to conceal the identities of the Navy SEALs, Defendants Seth Hettena and the AP have jeopardized the lives of Plaintiffs Six Navy Seals and their families, as well as compromised their future missions and careers," the suit said. The U.S. Navy said it had nothing to do with the suit.
Distributed around the world, the AP reported the photos showed Navy SEALs sitting on hooded and bound detainees, holding a gun to a detainee's bloodied head, and placing a boot on the chest of a prone man. Other photos showed grinning U.S. personnel sitting or lying atop three hooded prisoners in the bed of a pickup truck. The Dec. 3 AP story quoted a spokesman for the Naval Special Warfare Command as saying some of the photos could put the lives of the SEALs at risk. The suit, which claims invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress, seeks damages and an injunction barring further distribution of the photos.
Source: http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=industryNews&storyID=7199708&pageNumber=1
To Navy Seals, psssstt, don't abuse the prisoners. Simple huh? Uh? Eh? You got what you asked for.
Before some people decide to jump to the conclusion... I totally agree one hundred percent that what the Iraqis do to Americans is morally wrong and inhumane, but what makes you think taking revenge will make it any better? Haven't you heard of the old saying, two wrongs don't make a right? So if we just keep going back and forth, it will just be an endless cycle of terror and we will just killing each other on both sides.
It is no brainer. Yessir.
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