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Irony Deficiency

Proving that they still suffer from an irony deficiency, the US Navy has been fielding such appropriately-named staff for briefings this week that one wonders if the people in HR did it on purpose. Ashlee Vance reports that Guantanamo Bay no longer proudly asserts that it's the 'least worst place' (presumably it's now the worst-worst place, inventing new ways to ignore the Geneva Convention for use elsewhere in the world). Proving he has read more than just tech-blogs, Ashlee writes:

"The removal was ordered because the commanding officer did not feel it accurately reflected his vision of the base," said Navy spokesman Lieutenant Mike Kafka.

(Yes, you're reading that correctly. A man named Kafka has been deployed to field questions about a prison where the criminals are only vaguely charged with crimes, can't speak to lawyers and likely will never get out.)

Really, you couldn't make this stuff up. Eat your heart out, Ironic Times.

posted at 12:16 AM (UK) | |