President Barack Obama’s pledge to keep hidden photos of detainee abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan is moving closer to becoming law. Administration officials recently asked the U.S. Supreme Court to postpone weighing in on the matter in the hope that Congress will approve legislation giving the secretary of defense control of the images. Lawmakers in the House and Senate could act as soon as this week on the pending legislation. The high court obliged the request and decided on Tuesday not to review a lower court decision that ordered the administration to release the photos depicting U.S. soldiers mistreating detainees captured after September 11, 2001.