Posted on June 10, 2005 by Paul Mirengoff

The unclean hands doctrine

In her weekly column, Diana West takes a look at the code of conduct in place for dealing with the Koran at the Guantanamo Bay detention center. The standard operating procedure at this Nazi/Khmer Rouge inspired outpost of the American Gulag is to “handle the Koran as if it were a fragile piece of delicate art.” For example, guards who, in special circumstances, need to move a detainee

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