Four journalists expelled from Guantanamo

My favourite piece of spin this week comes from Defense Department spokesperson Cynthia Smith. This is from James Rainey's report in the LA Times:

A civilian spokeswoman at the Pentagon said the reporters had to leave because at least five other news outlets wanted to cover the suicides but did not get permission from Guantanamo commanders.
"The Defense Department wants to be fair and impartial," said spokeswoman Cynthia Smith. "We got them on the next flight out of Guantanamo Bay to be fair to the rest of the media outlets that did not get a chance to go down there."

A truly magnificent piece of bullshit there. 10/10