I love the smell of euphemism in the morning...

From an article in today's New York Times about the plight of detainees at Guantanamo:

Military officials contend that the detainees are treated humanely and that hunger strikes and suicide attempts are largely theatrical events staged to draw attention to their complaints. The officials discount the idea that the inmates are reacting to the harsh conditions or the open-ended nature of the men's detention.

In January,...after 23 Guantánamo detainees tried to hang or strangle themselves, the Pentagon said that only two were "suicide attempts." It called the others "self-injurious behavior incidents."