[mburbank]

The White House said on Tuesday it expected a full investigation of prisoner abuses in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after new FBI memos described detainees facing beatings and having lit cigarettes placed in their ears.


"If there is abuse that occurs, we expect it to be investigated fully and people to be held accountable, and measures taken to make sure that it doesn't happen again," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said.


Know what's kind of funny about that? One of the most damning memos in this case dates back to June. So the investigation is kind of slow so far. Oh, and here's the other funny thing, haven't we already taken measures to make sure this thing doesn't happen again? I mean, from the last time we got caught torturing people?


But I bet it's just those damn bad apples. I mean, what else could explain widespread torture that continues even after it's become a national scandal? Those bad apples!