Pentagon Angered by Photos of War Dead
Pentagon disapproves of web site posting photos of American war dead.
bq.. DOVER, Del. April 22 A Web site published dozens of photographs of American war dead arriving at the nation’s largest military mortuary, prompting the Pentagon to order an information clampdown Thursday.
The photographs were released last week to First Amendment activist Russ Kick, who had filed a Freedom of Information Act request to receive the images. Air Force officials initially denied the request but decided to release the photos after Kick appealed their decision.
After Kick posted more than 350 photographs on his Web site, the Defense Department barred the further release of the photographs to media outlets.
“They’re not happy with the release of the photos,” Dover Air Force base spokesman Col. Jon Anderson said.
The photos were taken at the Dover base home to the mortuary and most of the images are of flag-draped coffins.
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