I tend to think that’s a silly analysis either way. Jack Shafer also found that Koran desecration has been alleged frequently.

I put together a longer post on Information on detainees.

You’d think the JTF writers could come up with more happy comments than that, out of 600 or so detainees. Regardless, a number of the Afghan nationals released in 2003 said similar things. Even the Britons who filed suit against Rumsfeld and the US said their first six months of captivity were relatively decent, but that things took a sharp turn for the worse after that.

I’ve read the Church report. It conflicts with some of the Army’s own reports with respect to treatment of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan. I expect the same will be true with respect to Guantanamo when those reports are issued.