Where did the hoods come from?

If abuse was not systemic; that is, if we are to believe that the torture was a small, isolated event involving some low level prison guards--then tell me, who provided the hundreds of prisoner hoods? Surely Jeremy Sivits' mom didn't go to the fabric store and whip them together for him to take to Iraq with him. There was clearly policy developed to contravene the Geneva Conventions to extract information by use of force, abuse and torture.

And now, the spin seems to be:
1.) Conclude a couple quick court martials, and get past it in the news (http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/05/11/court.martial.legal.ap/index.html), and,
2.) Minimize the torture, and call those who are 'feigning outrage' unpatriotic, a la Inhofe:

Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma said he was not the only one who was "more outraged at the outrage" than by the treatment of Iraqi prisoners, some of whom "have American blood probably on their hands."

"The idea that these prisoners -- you know, they're not there for traffic violations. If they're in cell block 1A or 1B, these prisoners -- they're murderers, they're terrorists, they're insurgents," Inhofe said. "Many of them probably have American blood on their hands. And here we're so concerned about the treatment of those individuals."
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/11/politics.abuse.main/index.html

You know?

they are empty sandbags. The military must have lots of them around. Such a versatile item.

seriously good question.

That was the lead quip on CBC Radio's "The Current" yesterday morning. Canadian humor rules!