The AP Are Lurning
I've been busy as usual and not motivated to opine on this week's lurid sex scandal. Sorry. Yeah, I know, ignore the Republican problems and bash the Democrats. Hey, what can I say? He's a perv and would fit right in at any Gay Pride Parade. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
But I am finally inspired to write about the latest, again on Drudge, that the Guantanamo guards are "bragging" that they 'beat' our honored terrorist guests. I know I got a crocodile tear in here somewhere if I could just find it, but this is what got me going:
The lawyer sent the statement on behalf of a paralegal who said men she met on Sept. 23 at a bar on the base identified themselves to her as guards. The woman, whose name was blacked out, said she spent about an hour talking with them. No one was in uniform, she said.
The headline and tease:
AP Learns Gitmo Guards Brag of BeatingsThe two-page statement was sent Wednesday to the Inspector General at the Department of Defense by a high-ranking Marine Corps defense lawyer.
So let's see if we have this right. Some chick at a bar meets a couple of guys who tell tall tales and back each other up. Chick reports this (I'm guessing none of the guys got lucky that night, but I could be wrong). Authorities make the required report. A "high-ranking" lawyer sends report in. What, are we supposed to think this is important because the Marine lawyer who 'sent a report' had a 'high' rank?
Spin me silly, but hearsay at a bar does not rise to the level of "news." What really galls me is that this story will likely lead to somebody dying at the hands of some offended Muslim. I hope Mr. Thomas Watson and his editors feel good about that when it happens. Idiots.
Update: Here is a link to someone working at Gitmo interviewed by Patterico. Sorry, not drinking buddies though.
