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The Gitmo Farce

By The Daily Dish
Feb 8 2007, 8:54 AM ET

It's almost a Monty Python skit. After under-oath testimony of FBI agents reporting beatings of detainees, an investigation was initiated. There were no beatings. How do we know? You know the drill:

Col Bassett carried out 20 interviews with suspects and witnesses, but not with detainees, the Southern Command said, according to AP. "He talked to all the parties he felt he needed to get information about the allegations that were made," a Southern Command spokesman told AP.

In the words of Principal Skinner, "Now, let's have no more curiosity about this bizarre cover-up."



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