Despicable defense

Someone's sounding a little defensive.Rumsfeld Says Terror Outweighs Jail Abuse (washingtonpost.com): "Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, responding to allegations that he fostered a climate that led to the prisoner-abuse scandal, said yesterday that the military's mistreatment of detainees was not as bad as what terrorists have done.

'Does it rank up there with chopping someone's head off on television?' he asked. 'It doesn't.'"