Drudge Retort: The Other Side of the News
Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Is the Obama administration preparing to give prisoners at Guantanamo Bay GI Bill benefits as part of a plan to "completely crush their souls with bureaucracy?" Wired Magazine reports that Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's office asked the Pentagon that very question after a constituent sounded the alarm.

The problem? That far-fetched notion came from a story on the satirical site "The Duffel Blog," a military-focused answer to The Onion.

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The Duffel Blog piece about the fake GI Bill benefits is not subtle. "By allowing the detainees to use the Department of Veterans Affairs, we hope to completely crush their souls with bureaucracy," it quotes a fake Pentagon spokesman saying. There's also a false quote from Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki: "Because most ‘guests' at Guantanamo Bay have been there nearly a decade and there is no end in site for their ‘visit,' the Department of Veterans Affairs is ready to have their claims processed in 12-15 years as per standard operating procedure."
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