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“Intelligence panel Dems huddle with Pelosi”
The Hill ^ | April 28, 2009 | Susan Crabtree and Mike Soraghan
Posted on April 28, 2009 4:40:45 PM PDT by jazusamo
“Despite Reports, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Was Not Waterboarded 183 Times
The number of times Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was waterboarded was the focus of major media attention — and highly misleading. “
By Joseph Abrams
FOXNews.com
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
SNIPPET: “A U.S. official with knowledge of the interrogation program told FOX News that the much-cited figure represents the number of times water was poured onto Mohammed’s face — not the number of times the CIA applied the simulated-drowning technique on the terror suspect. According to a 2007 Red Cross report, he was subjected a total of “five sessions of ill-treatment.”
“The water was poured 183 times — there were 183 pours,” the official explained, adding that “each pour was a matter of seconds.”
The Times and dozens of other outlets wrote that the CIA also waterboarded senior Al Qaeda member Abu Zubaydah 83 times, but Zubayda himself, a close associate of Usama bin Laden, told the Red Cross he was waterboarded no more than 10 times.
The confusion stems from language in the Justice Department legal memos that President Obama released on April 16. They contain the numbers, but they fail to explain exactly what they represent.
The memos, spanning from 2002-2005, were a legal review by the Bush administration that approved the use of waterboarding and other “enhanced interrogation techniques.” Obama banned the procedure on his second day in office, saying that waterboarding is torture.”