It is one thing if a left-wing human rights organization like Amnesty International cannot tell the difference between a jihadist and a legitimate political dissident. It is quite another if the U.S. State Department suffers from the same intellectual confusion. One diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks contains a startling example of Foggy Bottom’s willful blindness in this regard.

On January 14, 2010, a former Guantanamo detainee named Moazzam Begg met with the foreign minister of Luxembourg to discuss the resettlement of additional detainees in Europe. Afterward, Begg attended a screening of “Taxi to the Dark Side,” a film that portrays America’s detention policies in the worst possible light. Begg also participated in a Q&A session with members of the audience.