Why yes of course, I'm talking about the Pentagon, aka. Bureau of Misinformation.
Cliff Schecter is mightily pissed about this story, and rightly so:
"A former Guantanamo Bay detainee who was named by the Pentagon as one of 74 former captives who returned to terrorism after being released has done no such thing.
So says a new report from McClatchy Newspapers, which profiles Haji Sahib Rohullah Wakil, a tribal elder who regularly meets with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and other government officials on behalf of the people of Kunar province.
In May, an unreleased Pentagon document was leaked to the press, alleging that one in seven released Gitmo detainees -- fully 74 individuals -- had returned to terrorism once freed."
Not just wrong, but a complete lie.
Well, I have to say my respect for McClatchy Newspapers is growing with every story I read.
Truth to power, yes indeed! More please.
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McClatchey was calling out Bush and Cheney on Iraq before the damn war started. They're the own U.S. new outlet with cajones, apparently.
I obviously wasn't paying attention enough back then Rob...
But good for them. We need more.
Most people weren't paying attention back then. (And, of course, I meant to say "only" instead of "own." Oy...)
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