Whatever happened to transparency in government?

The long-awaited photos depicting detainee abuse from 2001-2006 during the course of the Iraq War may not be released at the end of the month. Obama wants his lawyers to object to their release.

"Last week, the president met with his legal team and told them that he did not feel comfortable with the release of the [Defense Department] photos because he believes their release would endanger our troops, and because he believes that the national security implications of such a release have not been fully presented to the court. At the end of that meeting, the president directed his counsel to object to the immediate release of the photos on those grounds. ... [Obama] strongly believes that the release of these photos, particularly at this time, would only serve the purpose of inflaming the theaters of war, jeopardizing U.S. forces, and making our job more difficult in places like Iraq and Afghanistan."

Wait a minute- Obama thinks that pictures taken of potential prisoner abuse in the course of a war we shouldn't be involved in would be inflammatory? Really? That's some good thinking.

For a president who campaigned that he would change the cloak and dagger moves of the previous administration, he's doing a pretty good job of, well, not doing that.