Bill Would End Ban on Photos of Returning Military Dead

By GottaLaff

It's about time. No more covering up the deadly results of a fraudulent, unnecessary war/occupation. And check out who introduced the bill. Yes, that Walter Jones:

The Department of Defense would be required to grant journalists access to ceremonies honoring fallen military personnel under a bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives.

The legislation is significant because it would, for the first time since Vietnam, let photojournalists capture the powerful images of flag-draped caskets arriving on American soil during wartime.

This week the bill won the endorsement of the National Press Photographers Association.

The Fallen Hero Commemoration Act, or H.R. 6662, was introduced July 30 by Rep. Walter B. Jones (R-N.C.), a member of the House Committee on Armed Services.

I love it when they sneak over to our side once in awhile.

Jones voted to authorize the Iraq war, but he later supported a timetable to withdrawal troops and opposed the troop surge in 2007. Jones has spoken frequently in support of veterans' interests and displays a poster outside his office showing the photos of fallen service members from the Marine base in his district, according to his Web site.

His bill has six co-sponsors: Rep Wayne Gilchrest (R-Md.), Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-Texas), Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas), Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-N.H.) and Rep. Gene Taylor (D-Miss.). [...]

In the five years of the Iraq war, during which more than 4,100 U.S. troops have died, photos of military caskets have leaked out on at least three occasions.

Honor the dead, but hide them first. Hopefully that will come to an end now.

GOP North Carolina Rep. Jones is a big fan of ‘The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder.’

By GottaLaff

Via Think Progress, Rep. Freedom Fries thinks Bush is a criminal:

The Washington Post reports that a “southern conservative congressman” is a big fan of Vincent Bugliosi’s best-selling book “The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder,” which makes the case that Bush should be held “criminally responsible” for the deaths of U.S. soldiers in Iraq. A “source close to the author” told the Post that the lawmaker is Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC), who famously coined the term “freedom fries,” but later became a critic of the Bush administration’s handling of the Iraq war. Jones told Bugliosi that he wants to lay low until the election, but afterward, would be “standing there by your side.”

"Lay low until the election." See, Walter, that's the problem. We won't consider impeachment, or an inquiry, or, well, anything until... well, maybe never. If Bush has committed war crimes, why wait? Would Rep. Freedom Fries wait if someone murdered his son or daughter?

Oh, I forgot, sometimes breaking the law is not a crime... but in this case, it's only until after the elections are over.