Afstan: Globe and Mail is very economical with the truth

Or maybe their editorial writers don't read their own paper. This appears today in a piece decrying the limited scope of a military inquiry into allegations of abuse of some persons originally detained by the Canadian Forces in Afghanistan:

...no one has accused Canadian soldiers of abusing prisoners...

Here are excerpts from a February 6 Globe story this year (full text only available by regular Google search):

At least one, and perhaps three, Afghan detainees “taken captive by the Canadian Forces appears to have been beaten while detained and interrogated by them,” alleges Amir Attaran, a University of Ottawa law professor, in a letter sent to the commission.

The allegations are based on documents obtained by Mr. Attaran under the Access to Information Act outlining injuries in the cases.

The Globe and Mail has examined the military documents obtained by Mr. Attaran that refer to injuries sustained by detainees while in Canadian custody last April...

This viewspaper has no shame.

Update: Here's the (unpublished) letter I sent the Globe yesterday:

One must wonder if those who write the Globe's editorials actually read their own newspaper. In the editorial, "The hollow inquiry" (June 26), one finds this sentence: "But no one has accused Canadian soldiers of abusing prisoners." Yet in your February 6 news story, "Military investigates claim detainees abused", one reads this:

'At least one, and perhaps three, Afghan detainees “taken captive by the Canadian Forces appears to have been beaten while detained and interrogated by them,” alleges Amir Attaran, a University of Ottawa law professor...'

It would seem that indeed someone has accused the Canadian Forces of abusing prisoners--in the Globe itself.

And here's their very grudging "Correction" today (via Norman's Spectator):

A board of inquiry on detainee handling policies and procedures in Afghanistan was ordered by Chief of the Defence Staff Rick Hillier after news reports [that you guys printed first! - MC] of three prisoners alleged to have been abused by Canadian soldiers. Incorrect information appeared in an editorial yesterday.