Larry DiRita's Disgraceful Deception

Larry DiRita's Disgraceful Deception

Maybe it's not all Newsweek's fault after all. Yesterday, the administration admitted 'that U.S. troops mishandled Qurans of Muslim prisoners five times at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.' According to military officials, one soldier responsible for an incident of Quran mistreatment was subject to 'unspecified disciplinary action ... some time ago.' The admission comes just days after Pentagon spokesman Larry DiRita not only denied that Qurans were mishandled but denied that there were any credible allegations to investigate. On May 17, DiRita said, 'when a specific, credible allegation of this nature were to be received, we would take it quite seriously. But we've not seen specific, credible allegations.' We know now that DiRita's statement was completely false. Not only have there been credible allegations, but those allegations were substantiated and an individual was punished."

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