Where were all the editors and filters that differentiate the superior news organizations from sites like this?
The New York Times reported last week that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, was waterboarded 183 times in one month by CIA interrogators. The “183 times” was widely circulated by news outlets throughout the world.
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.”
So either the New York Times was careless in their reporting, or the number reflected an agenda and its preferred outcome.
And instead of waiting for confirmation, others with the same agenda ran with it…
Interrogations’ Effectiveness May Prove Elusive
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Waterboarded 183 Times
9/11 mastermind waterboarded 183 times: memo
What the torture revelations tell us about the culture of Langley.
Score One for Bloggers
The More You’re Waterboarded, the Less Like Torture It Is
9/11 plotter Khalid Sheikh Mohammed waterboarded 183 times show CIA memos
The CIA’s Willful Ignorance on Harsh Interrogations
Rice approved CIA waterboarding
Khalid Mohammed Waterboarded 183 Times
September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed ‘waterboarded 183 times’
How Waterboarding Got Out of Control
Memo: Two al Qaeda leaders waterboarded 266 times
CIA Official: Waterboard #184 Would Have “Worked Like A Charm”
And there were a lot more, to be sure.
Now, sit back and watch how quickly the media issues a correction, considering how much they truly wanted their error to be truth.
and from what I heard, KSM had a HUGE tolerance for it, or little objection or something along the lines of being a sick freak who was INTO be tortured…makes my SKIN crawl..
The NY Times is starting to have less credibility than The national Enquirer & theirs is about zero or lower. They lie almost as much & as bad as Obama.
why don’t they inject the islamofascist detainees with mind-numbing drugs so they tell all and then forget that they even did it?
And what might the formulation of this wonder drug consist of?
ecstasy. when it takes effect, bring in some kind of Delilah-types… there’s no way they could resist, they would think they were getting their 72 virgins… then when the drug wears off, they’ll get their rude awakening