And we're worried about Iraqis losing people?

Seven months later, however, the detainee - a reputed senior officer of Ansar al-Islam, a group the United States has linked to Al Qaeda and blames for some attacks in Iraq - is still languishing at the prison but has only been questioned once while in detention, in what government officials acknowledged was an extraordinary lapse.

"Once he was placed in military custody, people lost track of him, a senior intelligence official conceded Wednesday night. "The normal review processes that would keep track of him didn't."

Yep, "military custody" can be a black hole that way. That somewhat disturbing admission is found in this article in the Times on how

Rumsfeld and Tenet authorized the hiding of Iraqi detainees from the Red Cross. "Proud" to be an American is taking on an entirely different meaning these days. Isn't it.