A quote from Roger L. Simon on his website, 3 February 2006

Their latest pronouncement on the strange cartoon controversy

Washington on Friday condemned caricatures in European newspapers of the Prophet Mohammad, siding with Muslims who are outraged that the publications put press freedom over respect for religion.

is yet another reminder what an anachronistic institution our State Department is. It’s not even faintly democratic but rather the most stodgy sort of bureaucracy straight out La Trahison des clercs (the treason of the scribes), a work which seems increasingly prophetic with each passing year. [...] LGF wonders if this a hoax. Who knows? But wouldn’t you want a State Department where you knew it was.