Abu Ghraib II

Yep, the first inklings of mistreatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba are surfacing. Ultimately, just as problematic for the military and Bush people involved will be the lies to cover it up.

"Many detainees at Guantánamo Bay were regularly subjected to harsh and coercive treatment, several people who worked in the prison said in recent interviews, despite longstanding assertions by military officials that such treatment had not occurred except in some isolated cases," writes the NYT.

And they'll pay because they didn't just lie to the media, they lied to Congress and Congress don't like that.

"In guided tours of Guantánamo provided to the news media and members of Congress, the military authorities contended that the system of rewards and punishments affected only issues like whether the inmates could be deprived of books, blankets and toilet articles. The interrogation sessions themselves, the officials consistently said, did not employ any harsh treatment but were devised only to build a trusting relationship between the interrogator and the detainee."

Obviously they don't know much about building trust.