I really didn’t want to post anything about Rumsfeld, because I feel that all the comments I would make would be too terribly obvious to anyone with an ounce of sense. So I’ll just let this statement stand on its own, apart from my eyes attempting to roll entirely out of my head.

“Mr Rumsfeld told reporters that, while he was willing for all such pictures to be released, lawyers were advising against it on the grounds that such images could be construed as degrading to the prisoners – and thus be in violation of the Geneva Conventions. “