Bad reporting or Outside influence

A few days ago, around 10th May, A US magazine called Newsweek reported that the Holy Qur'an was being used as a interrogation tool at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba by US military authorities.

Apparently, there had been instances of interrogators flushing the Holy Qur'an down the toilet to upset some Muslim detainees and get them to talk. In any case, after the Newsweek article came out, there was widespread agitation in the Muslim world (as is justified). Along with severe rioting in Afghanistan and major outcry in Pakistan, most of the Muslim world demanded some sort of enquiry and/or action into this.

Condolezza Rice tried to placate the world by saying that such an enquiry would be done.

Today, Newsweek apologized for its initial report and claimed that its source was no longer sure that the Holy Qur'an had been desecrated.

IS THIS RIDICULOUS OR WHAT ??

Not only has this caused tension in an already edgy Muslim world, but it also caused people to die. This is absolutely horrific reporting. Of course, my first thought was how irresponsible Newsweek must be to report something and then have the source go back on his words just days later.

But the more I thought about it, it occurred to me that of course this could very well be the Pentagon and/or US govt. putting pressure on the source (whoever that is) or Newsweek itself. What do you think?