saddam would be proud

The papers have passing word of a new report from a human-rights group, showing there have been about 50 deaths of detainees in U.S. custody where the cause of death was, as the AP puts it, "never announced or was reported as undetermined." Another 34 deaths were "confirmed or suspected" homicides. Soldiers in only 12 of the cases have faced punishment. The longest sentence: five months.