Drudge: Dems want to show unseen torture video at Gonzalez hearings

[RamboLiberal]

Excuse me for linking Drudge - but I figured this is some interesting info for discussion. Dems ought to make this one an issue they're willing to stand on.

http://www.drudgereport.com/mattag.htm

During upcoming confirmation hearings for Attorney General-nominee Alberto Gonzales, senior Democrats want to screen infamous videotapes showing Iraqis being abused at Abu Ghraib prison, top sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT.

The curtain is raised Thursday for the Senate Judiciary Committee's showdown with Gonzales.

The Bush White House counsel will be grilled about his role in formulating the administration's legal policies on coercive techniques in interrogations -- techniques some Democrats believe led to outright torture!

Yet it's the grainy prison videos, shot by a soldier's cellphone and never before viewed by the public, that threaten to turn the New Year ugly: A video of a handcuffed prisoner beating his head against a wall; a video of a group of hooded men shown masturbating.

The Pentagon and the White House hold the videos in their possession and have not authorized any public release, including to the senate.