U.S. Probes Banned Briefs Found at Gitmo

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

U.S. Probes Banned Briefs Found at Gitmo

Saturday September 15, 2007 2:01 AM

By BEN FOX

Associated Press Writer

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Guards at the Guantanamo
Bay prison camp found two prisoners sporting unauthorized
underwear, and the U.S. military is investigating to
determine how they got the contraband.

Both prisoners were caught wearing Under Armour briefs and
one also had on a Speedo bathing suit, items the military
said were not issued by Guantanamo personnel or sent
through the regular mail, according to a Defense Department
letter obtained Friday by The Associated Press.

Army Lt. Col. Ed Bush, a spokesman at the jail holding some
340 men on suspicion of terrorism or links to al-Qaida and
the Taliban, said more was involved than just an uproar
over skivvies.

He said the appearance of contraband raised serious
concerns about the potential for smuggling other items that
could be used by detainees to harm themselves or staff.

-snip-

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6922947,00.html

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Oh, no!

The terr'ists have unauthorized underpants! The Terror Knickers of Death!

[hobbit709]

2. Especially Speedos

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Actually, anybody who wears Speedos in public

probably deserves to be in Gitmo... ;)

[hobbit709]

4. Agreed. But they're already there.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Except for this guy:

[NV Whino]

6. Good gawd!

Doesn't anyone ever proof headlines.

But the thought of terrorist tidies titillates the imagination.

[mcscajun]

7. Somewhere at the AP was a copy editor asleep at the switch.

Probe? Briefs?



Of course, the security breach that let them through (and whatever Else got through) should be investigated. That part at least is no joke.

[mystwoman]

8. Liddy was not a briefs guy

I always thought Gitmo was boxers territory.