Posted on 06/17/2005 2:37:40 PM PDT by CHARLITE
Complaints about the U.S. military's treatment of terrorists at Guantanamo Bay were once again featured on all three broadcast network evening newscasts Wednesday. Full stories on ABC, CBS and NBC cast the military on the defensive at congressional hearings. CBS Evening News anchor Bob Schieffer — who has likened Guantanamo to the "Hanoi Hilton," the infamous North Vietnamese prison camp — grumped that "Congress asked a lot of questions today" about Guantanamo, but "the problem is, they didn't get many answers."
ABC followed up its story on yesterday's hearings with a second full report by ABC's Terry Moran, who zeroed in on a memo written more than two years ago by a Navy lawyer questioning the interrogation techniques at Guantanamo. Only in the last sentence of a nearly three-minute story did Moran allow how the issue is really moot, as Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld had "dialed back" the rules of interrogation in early 2003.
But while the networks kept their spotlight on the U.S. military's conduct, none of last night's broadcasts bothered to note a Tuesday speech by Minority Whip Dick Durbin — the second highest ranking Democrat in the Senate. Describing the treatment of al-Qaeda terrorists at the Guantanamo prison — including allegations that inmates are kept too hot or too cold, or forced to stay awake — Durbin wildly charged that "you would most certainly believe this must have been done by Nazis, Soviets in their gulags, or some mad regime, Pol Pot or others, that had no concern for human beings."
The comparison could not be more absurd. As reporter Rowan Scarborough noted in Thursday's Washington Times, "About 9 million persons, including 6 million Jews, died in Hitler's death camps, 2.7 million persons died in Stalin's gulags and 1.7 million Cambodians died in Pol Pot's scourge of his country. No prisoners have died at Guantanamo...."
On Wednesday, Durbin stuck by his crazy charge, yet none of the network morning shows on Thursday mentioned the controversy. Democratic Senator Hillary Clinton made the rounds of all three shows, but none dared ask whether she agreed with Durbin's portrait of U.S. military guards as acting as if they were from "some mad regime."
ROFL! I love it!
Why is Terry Moran still breathing?
I don't agree with Durbin at all, I think that was a terrible comparison.
Yeah, it is funny. Thing is, we're not Senators, and Hillary Clinton isn't overseas, in harms way.
TURBAN DURBIN! Karma!
I am not saying that Durbin isn't a first class a**hole, because he is. What he said is way out of line.
Link to contact your senator
Link to contact your representative
ABC CBS NBC CNN its all the SAME, Propaganda.
Might as well call them all AmeriJazerra.
Show them how much Gravitas Hugh Bris has. Vote with your remote! Shut down the Alphabet channels.
He's Got A Plan
Zippo Hero
Seven Dead Monkeys Page O Tunes
Don't be a know nothing do nothing dumbocrap! 
"Hitlery's legal stance on everything
McCain, where are you?
I didn't think you were. I was just tweaking you a bit for implying that FReepers who compare Hitlery, oops, Hillary, to Hitler are being hypocrits when they get upset with Durbin's comments.
Dear Majority Leader Frist Senator Durbin compared our servicemen to Nazis who killed six to nine million in gas chambers, Soviets who killed two million in their gulag and tens of millions more overall, and Pol Pot who slaughtered two million. The senator's remarks are now broadcast triumphantly over Aljazeera as a battle cry to terrorists to redouble their murderous attacks against our nation's servicemen and women. Senator Durbin must be formally censured by the Senate for giving aid and comfort to our enemy in this time of war.Senator Bill Frist, M.D.
Senate Majority Leader
509 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone 202-224-3344
Fax 202-228-1264
McCain, where are you?
Excellent question. His office has a menu which accepts comments when you press "one"--the mailbox was full earlier in the day.
Later I was able to say we're well aware of your five years as a prisoner and hence doubly disappointed at your silence as Senator Durbin slanders our troops and gives aid and comfort to our enemy.
Kyl's office was available in real time with a real human.
The senior senator from Manchuria thinks the path to the White House is through five hundred fifty circus trials in CONUS for illegal enemy combatants fed better than the schoolkids in this or any other city.
I'm so proud to be a Virginian today. I think I'll send George Allen another thank you note. FRegards....
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