Remember the protests that broke out in Afghanistan after it was revealed that an interrogator at Gitmo allegedly desecrated the Koran? The right and the administration quickly blamed the media for the protests and violence that followed the story and said it was false. Well now the FBI is citing similar cases:

FBI agents at Guantanamo saw a military interrogator squat over the Koran in order to anger a prisoner and observed a detainee whose head was wrapped in duct tape, according to recently released FBI documents from a 2004 internal inquiry.

The documents stemmed from a survey of nearly 500 FBI employees who were asked if they saw any aggressive interview techniques, interrogations or mistreatment of prisoners at the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. More than 25 incidents were reported.

The 244 pages of documents were released on the FBI’s Web site on Tuesday and were turned over to the American Civil Liberties Union as part of its lawsuit.

So this is how we win the hearts and minds of the Middle East? Of course Bush will now be protected from blame by the right saying “it was others acting inappropriately”. Where is the responsibility in the Oval Office. George Bush is responsible – it comes with the title of Commander in Chief.