Archive for 2005

LIKE LINDA FOLEY, Amnesty International is now saying that it isn’t really worth paying attention to:

Despite highly publicized charges of U.S. mistreatment of prisoners at Guantanamo, the head of the Amnesty International USA said on Sunday the group doesn’t “know for sure” that the military is running a “gulag.” . . .

“It would be fascinating to find out. I have no idea,” Schulz told “Fox News Sunday.”

I wonder what would happen if Donald Rumsfeld should charge Amnesty with being in the pay of Al Qaeda, and then later say that “It would be fascinating to find out. I have no idea.”

UPDATE: U.S.S. Neverdock says that it’s a case of “fake-but-accurate again,” and notes much more from the transcript.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Roundup and comments here.

CHESTER is correcting John F. Burns’ analysis.

Meanwhile, Arthur Chrenkoff writes: “Afghanistan has been in the news again–unfortunately, for all the wrong reasons.” I had missed the story about Mullah Omar being stripped.

JIM DUNNIGAN: “Military bureaucrats are slowing down upgrades for electronic jammers that save American soldiers lives every day.”

FREDERICK TURNER: “Why would the Times publish this story? . . . If my friend dies in his tour of duty I shall be thinking very specifically about Mr. Scott, Mr. Grey, and Ms. Williams.”