Prison Scandal Coverup?

Just checked for any news on the prison scandal. There's nothing - not a word to be found. Apparently then, there is no scandal. The information clampdown appears to be total; a trickle of stories for a few days after the initial reports, then no further news. Even more disturbingly, there's practically no one asking why there's no news. Meanwhile, the death toll has risen to three.

The Kosovo prison scandal, of course. First reported here with updates following, the latest here.

A recounting of the few facts available can be found in the local coverage of the memorial service for Gary Weston, one of the three murdered guards:

Little is yet known of the reasons for the attack, which also killed Kim Bigley, former warden of Shawnee Correctional Center. Officials are investigating the possibility the shooter had ties to Hamas, a militant Palestinian group. Some witnesses told journalists the man, Sgt. Maj. Ahmed Mustafa Ibrahim Ali, of Jordan, was smiling during the attack before he was killed by return fire.

Witnesses also said that Weston, the son of an Illinois State Police officer and entrepreneurial mother who owned shoe stores, pushed fellow officer Michelle Lindo of Michigan to the floor and out of harm's way. A few seconds later two bullets struck him in the head.

Lindo received only a bruise where Weston had forced her to safety.

Weston survived the terrible wounds, but never regained consciousness. He was flown home last week and spent several days in the hospital in St. Louis before family members made the decision to donate his organs.

On Monday, Weston's older brother, Ed, said the knowledge that at least four others benefited from that donation was helping ease the family's pain.

Though lacking any "new news" on the topic, Denis Boyels in NRO notes:

The Kosovo adventure, in which NATO bombed the civilian population of Serbia in order to protect Kosovar nationalists, then handed over the province to the U.N. and NATO for "peacekeeping" ? which turned out to mean allowing the Kosovars to slaughter Serbs and burn their ancient churches and monasteries, reached a low point a month ago when the U.N. forces were ordered to withdraw instead of defending Serbs against Kosovar mobs. But then it went even lower a couple of weeks ago when the peacekeepers started shooting at each other. Now, according to the BBC, the U.N.'s heroes in Kosovo are involved in sex trafficking, selling girls as young as 11 into sexual servitude.

No nude photos though, so no "pictures at 11".