~ we don’t think we can stand another hourly report with some senator making excuses for why the hundreds of other ‘disgusting’ images of prison abuse should be kept secret. just for fun, we scripted these lines, pondering whether a more straight forward answer might be forthcoming:

‘we have evidence of the united states engaged in criminal activity. after much deliberation, we thought it best to keep the evidence from the rest of the world, lest we suffer repercussions for our criminal actions.’

such a precedent would be useful in other hypothetical circumstances:

‘i have evidence in my apartment of the illegal downloading of movies. after much deliberation, i thought it best to keep the evidence from the m.p.a.a., lest i get in trouble.’

public response: