The word is panic.

The Scarecrow

Mass hys­te­ri­a’s just the fash­ion. Let’s get togeth­er to cel­e­brate soon.

The New York Times reports today:

Plac­ards post­ed by sol­diers at the deten­tion area advised, “NO BLOOD, NO FOUL.” The slo­gan, as one Defense Depart­ment offi­cial explained, reflect­ed an adage adopt­ed by Task Force 6–26: “If you don’t make them bleed, they can’t pros­e­cute for it.” Accord­ing to Pen­ta­gon spe­cial­ists who worked with the unit, pris­on­ers at Camp Nama often dis­ap­peared into a deten­tion black hole, barred from access to lawyers or rel­a­tives, and con­fined for weeks with­out charges. “The real­i­ty is, there were no rules there,” anoth­er Pen­ta­gon offi­cial said.

Him­sa — “The Destroyer”

1 Comment

  1. when you die the times will call you the matisse of quo­ta­tion; i’ll have the obit­u­ary clipped to the wall of my cof­fin, buried in decades of still-grow­ing hair.

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