Posted on 08/29/2009 11:10:14 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Post story bolsters Cheney
The Washington Post leads today with an extraordinary story cutting against the conclusions of a series of recent government and media reports to cast as straight news -- with a few hedges and qualifications -- that waterboarding and sleep deprivation worked like a charm to turn Kalid Sheik Mohammed from an enemy into an "asset."
The story -- which seems sure to provoke an intense reaction from the many critics of President Bush's interrogation policies, and comes just before Dick Cheney's appearance, taped Friday, on Fox News Sunday -- bears all the marks of some complicated internal discussions over at the Post, which has been on the defensive since its reporting in the run up to the Iraq war. A sign of the internal focus on the piece: The story -- appearing as the paper's top story on an off day, a Saturday -- has three major bylines and just a tagline from national security reporter Walter Pincus.
The story begins:
After enduring the CIA's harshest interrogation methods and spending more than a year in the agency's secret prisons, Khalid Sheik Mohammed stood before U.S. intelligence officers in a makeshift lecture hall, leading what they called "terrorist tutorials."
In 2005 and 2006, the bearded, pudgy man who calls himself the mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks discussed a wide variety of subjects, including Greek philosophy and al-Qaeda dogma. In one instance, he scolded a listener for poor note-taking and his inability to recall details of an earlier lecture.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
Jack Bauer does it again.
It’s always safe to print the truth on a Saturday.
WaPo must be in more financial trouble than they’ll admit...
Is anyone seriously surprised this stuff works when needed?
Even the WaPo acknowledges it now.
The mainstream media isn’t coming around, it’s just trying to cover its tracks. With Obama’s weakness in the erstwhile war on terror, they’re probably realizing the inevitability of another attack of some type and they want to APPEAR to be on the right side of history. They are worried that Cheney’s admonitions are going to be proven right.
Holder’s and Obama’s objective is NOT US-based. They want to get Bush and Cheney indicted in some FOREIGN countries so they can be arrested and tried in some World Court.
The Dems don’t have the balls to prosecute Bush and Cheney here. They want someone else to do the dirty work.
They are as evil as it gets.
The comments on Politico following this piece are hilarious. The leftists are truly deranged by the fact that “harsh methods” worked. They’re attacking the Post, Cheney, Republicans, God, and everybody they can think of in their attempt to deny reality. For some reason they keep mentioning Ted Kennedy. Has he been in the news lately or something? Did he kill another girl?
Bingo.
We get hit again, Obama OWNS it.
ALL OF IT.
He cannot blame anyone else for it.
And at the rate he is damaging our ability to be safe, it is not if but when.
DUers probably won’t notice
Made even more convenient knowing that Kennedy's funeral will cover the front page of Sunday's paper.
You owe me a cheap, Mall Wort keyboard.
Holding their hand, looking into their eyes and saying "I think we should talk"..... works everytime.
...at least it did with a few liberal girlfriends years ago.
The Washington Post leads today with an extraordinary story cutting against the conclusions of a series of recent government and media reports to cast as straight news -- with a few hedges and qualifications -- that waterboarding and sleep deprivation worked like a charm to turn Kalid Sheik Mohammed from an enemy into an "asset." The story... bears all the marks of some complicated internal discussions over at the Post, which has been on the defensive since its reporting in the run up to the Iraq war. A sign of the internal focus on the piece: The story -- appearing as the paper's top story on an off day, a Saturday -- has three major bylines and just a tagline from national security reporter Walter Pincus.
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