Lawyers for the Defense Department are refusing to cooperate with a federal judge's order to release secret photographs and videotapes related to the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal.

This is wrong on so many levels. First there's the acts documented in the photographs -- rape and torture of the innocent perpetrated by U.S. forces. (Are 8-year-old girls now also considered terrorists?)

Add to that the open defiance of a Federal judge's order by the military. So apparently the legal system is now meaningless.

Add to that the fact that most of the major news media appears to be ignoring this story. Sure, I can go on google news and find several local papers covering it, but nothing from the big ones like CNN or Fox.