An apology, and a commentary on the recent Newsweek reporting issue

Unfortunately, time-consuming problems related to a dying computer prevented me from posting much here or on my own weblog, Random Fate, the past several days, so I have not been as responsible a guest-poster as I would have liked to have been here.

I extend my apologies to both Joe and the audience here.

Perhaps the missive I have posted today on the recent Newsweek misreporting problem can help make amends.

There is more to this imbroglio than first appears, when you look at the fundamentals.

UPDATE: Apparently, the Newsweek report is far from the first alleging abuses of the Koran at Guantanamo Bay. A roundup of the older reports (from an admittedly partisan source) can be found at “Newsweek Got Gitmo Right.”