May 26, 2005
MSM just can't seem to get it
The article headline reads "FBI memo reports Guantanamo guards flushing Koran". Well I guess that means an FBI agent witnessed guards flushing a koran. Right? Nope, Wrong.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An FBI agent wrote in a 2002 document made public on Wednesday that a detainee held at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, had accused American jailers there of flushing the Koran down a toilet.The detainees have been making accusations like this since day one and it's old news. So what must we conclude?
"Unfortunately, one thing we've learned over the last couple of years is that detainee statements about their treatment at Guantanamo and other detention centers sometimes have turned out to be more credible than U.S. government statements," said ACLU lawyer Jameel Jaffer.It seems that when FBI agents report that detainees complain about their treatment that makes it officially confirmed as true.
I am sorry, but this kind of characterization of events cannot be explained by simple incompetence.
Posted by Sid at May 26, 2005 07:25 AM | Media Bias
