Lies lies lies

Certainly the death of a prisoner during "interrogation" is of concern, but there's an additional issue here - the lack of outrage by our press at the regular stream of lies being fed to them by our government.

In a widely circulated statement, which has since been scrubbed from all Defense Department Web sites, the Pentagon announced that Mowhoush had died "during an interview with U.S. forces." "Mowhoush said he didn't feel well and subsequently lost consciousness," the announcement claimed. "According to the on-site surgeon it appeared Mowhoush died of natural causes." Pratt would soon learn that Welshofer had been using the sleeping bag technique on Mowhoush when the general died. But, according to his testimony, he didn't tell anyone what he knew about the interrogating officers' history with the general and the technique.

Cross-posted from Eschaton