...The report was based on interviews with 90 current and former detainees in Iraq conducted between July and October last year, many of them interviewed when they were brought to court for initial proceedings. Of those, 72 said they were "tortured or ill-treated," the report says. It recounts numerous individual cases of torture, and says the victims often had fresh scars or bruises.

That these detainees may actually have been abused is possible. That they are lying in their teeth is also possible. That MSNBC doesn't care if they're lying or not is almost certain.

The recent ACLU reports were often based on reports from third parties, like FBI agents and the like. This makes them more credible. I would take any statement from a detainee, outside of any other corroboration, with a large grain of salt. They know damn well that they're going to trial, that the trial is largely one of public opinion, and that their sympathizers in the media and elsewhere will snap up whatever they say without a second thought.