Apparently, someone at The Times thinks there's not too much distance between denying athletic uniforms to terrorists and out-and-out torture, based how how this transpired:

A front-page article yesterday about the nomination of Alberto R. Gonzales to be attorney general included an incomplete version of a quotation from a memo by Mr. Gonzales or his aides that his critics contend opened the door to the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib. (Excerpts from Mr. Gonzales's legal writings, published with the continuation of the article, included the complete quotation.) The passage, discussing the war on terrorism, read in full: "In my judgment, this new paradigm renders obsolete Geneva's strict limitations on questioning of enemy prisoners and renders quaint some of its provisions requiring that captured enemy be afforded such things as commissary privileges, scrip (i.e., advances of monthly pay), athletic uniforms and scientific instruments.'' The version in the article yesterday was truncated after "some of its provisions." (Go to article).

After they hacked the quote, leaving the reader believing that Gonzalez advocated significant rollbacks of Geneva, they followed up immediately by writing, "Many civil rights groups on Wednesday were quick to attack Mr. Gonzales for what they saw as legal policies and opinions that opened the door to the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib."

It's unclear whether this episode will have "legs," but it does seem fairly significant.