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	<title><![CDATA[More on the Pentagon's Koran Fib]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-corn/more-on-the-pentagons-kor_b_1691.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Let's consider a Tale of Two Pentagon Press Briefings.</p>

<p>Last week, amidst the fury over <i>Newsweek</i>'s Koran-in-a-john item, Pentagon spokesman Lawrence Di Rita <a href="http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2005/tr20050517-2841.html">told the Pentagon press corps</a> that the Defense Department had received no credible allegations of Koran desecration at Guantanamo. Roll the tape:</p>

<p><i>Q: Larry, just to be clear, there have been numerous allegations by detainees who have been released --</p>

<p>MR. DI RITA: Mm-hmm.</p>

<p>Q : -- by attorneys who have talked to detainees, alleging mistreatment of the Koran, including...</p></i></p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:46:00-04:00</date_published>
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