Is it better to keep our sins (whatever your definition) to ourselves or to let them be known?

Should the photos of American abuses in Iraq and Afghanistan be made public? Obama says that doing so will further inflame the hatred of America’s enemies. I think that hiding it, when everyone knows that the abuses occurred, makes America appear dubious and deceitful. Airing our dirty laundry—so to speak—will, in my opinion, allow everyone to know we acknowledge what happened, and then maybe we can all move on and learn to heal.