You do know Jack

Earlier it was reported that Jack Idema, the man who ran his own private prison in Afghanistan, was going to use the "orders from Rumsfeld's office" defense. US officials had denied any contact.

Oh yeah, except for the terror suspect they arranged to take off his hands for him.

Yesterday a US military spokesman, Major Jon Siepmann, admitted that they had received a detainee captured by Mr Idema's organisation, Counter Group, at Bagram on May 3.

Major Siepmann said that Mr Idema had appeared "questionable" when he presented the detainee, and that suspicion grew when, one month later, the man turned out not to be the top suspect that Mr Idema had described, according to Associated Press.

"That doesn't mean at the time that we knew Mr Idema's full track record or other things he was doing out there," Major Siepmann said.

I'm not sure what to make of this story as it moves forward. I would think that Rumsfeld's office authorizing and encouraging a private prison/interrogation center in Afghanistan would be a major issue. So far, things seem pretty quiet on this story. If they can produce any of the evidence they claim they have, look for it to really take off.