"IT'S AS IF THEY'RE NEWSWEEK'S CORPORATE SIBLINGS OR SOMETHING:
In this morning's coverage of Koran abuse allegations at Gitmo, the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Boston Globe, Reuters, and Associated Press all mention in their lead paragraph that the Pentagon found no credible evidence that a guard flushed the Koran down a toilet. The Washington Post, on the other hand, does not bother to mention the Koran-flushing incident until its fourth paragraph and does not note until the thirteenth paragraph that the detainee who made that allegation has retracted it.
Tom Maguire, meanwhile, notes another omission that seems rather striking."
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TOM MAGUIRE - "We Missed This In The Gitmo Coverage
Michelle Malkin surveys the blogs and sends us to the ACLU summary of the prisoner allegations made to FBI investigators. News accounts overlooked this interview summary:
Notes that "Detainee REDACTED stated that the treatment of the Koran continued to be the reason for his unwillingness to cooperate. REDACTED was asked how the mistreatment of the Koran had taken place. REDACTED stated that the issue continued to be based on what the detainees perceived as the use of the Koran as a weapon. It was taken from them and returned at will, with little consideration for the value which they placed in the book. REDACTED was asked if he had ever seen the Koran mistreated or intentionally mishandled. He had not. REDACTED was asked if he had ever seen the Koran thrown around, tossed on the ground or mistreated in any way. He had not . . . . REDACTED was informed that his case for the proper treatment of the Koran had been taken to higher levels and presented as a serious issue. The effort had been hurt, however, because it had been found that detainees were hiding things within the pages of the Koran. As a result, the guards were required to look through the Koran for their own safety. REDACTED was asked if he could assure camp officials that none of the detainees would ever hide any objects of any kind in their Korans. He stated he could not.
OK, I am not sure what they could be hiding, but I am not a prison guard (and how do you make a "shiv"?
But it does suggest a real cat and mouse game was being played at Gitmo."
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