Yesterday, the hosts of Fox News’ “Fox and Friends” questioned the motives of former Abu Ghraib detainee Ali Shalal Qaissi (aka “Clawman”) for speaking out about his situation.
BARBER: He’s taking advantage of this in a lot of ways. He’s put this picture on his business card and is working for a human rights group, trumpeting this.
HILL: So this article is very sympathetic to this guy.
DOOCY: Sure.
The FOX hosts aren’t the first right wingers to make light of torture in Abu Ghraib. This Modern World and AMERICABlog have more.
(HT: News Hounds)
Full transcript below:
HILL: Meanwhile, over the weekend if you read the New York Times you saw an article about a man who allegedly was the man featured in one of the photos from Abu Ghraib and he was dressed head to toe — that’s the one, arms stretched out, he had electrical wires sticking out of his arms. Well, they IDed him in this article as, Ali Shalal Qaissi, 43 years old, says he works for a human rights organization.
BARBER: He’s taking advantage of this in a lot of ways. He’s put this picture on his business card and is working for a human rights group, trumpeting this.
HILL: So this article is very sympathetic to this guy.
DOOCY: Sure.
(Though it’s not relevant to the Fox News exchange, it is worth noting that the New York Times photo is not Clawman, but a detainee named “Gilligan.”)
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