Let Me Be Clear: Extraordinary Perdition

The U.S. Department of State released its annual Human Rights report yesterday. It was promptly ripped by NGOs like Amnesty International because, like each of its predecessors, it kept mum about U.S. practices. Hey, it even accused Egypt and Jordan of torturing detainees, but failed to admit that some of the torturees might have been shipped over by the U.S.

"Let me be clear: We do not send detainees to countries if we believe that they will be subjected to torture," said the assistant secretary for human rights at the press conference. Funny, almost every claim administration that officials preface with "Let me be clear" is blatantly false. I never know whether to laugh, cry or just shake my head. Thank goodness for blogs.