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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was waterboarded 183 times in one month.
Marcy Wheeler digs through the recently-disclosed Office of Legal Counsel memos authored by the Bush Justice Department and finds these startling statistics: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was waterboarded 183 times in March 2003 and Abu Zubaydah was waterboarded 83 times in August 2002. Wheeler ...
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Was Waterboarded 183 Times in One Month
emptywheel.firedoglake.com — According to one of the OLC memos, KSM was waterboarded 183 times in one month. (more) Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Was Waterboarded 183 Times in One ...
Despite Reports, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Was Not Waterboarded 183 Times - Presidential Politics | ...
foxnews.com — 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 ... (more) Despite Reports, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Was Not ...
McCain Reacts To KSM Being Waterboarded 183 Times: ‘One Is Too Much. Waterboarding Is Torture’
McCain Reacts To KSM Being Waterboarded 183 Times: ‘One Is Too Much. Waterboarding Is Torture’
thinkprogress.org — This morning on Fox News, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) responded to the startling information — first noted by blogger Marcy Wheeler — that detainee Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was waterboarded 183 times . “It’s unacceptable,” ... (more) McCain Reacts To KSM Being Waterboarded 183 Times: ‘One ...
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Cenk Uygur: What if Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Had Died?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was waterboarded 183 times. We practiced sleep deprivation on him for 11 straight days. I don't know how many times we smashed his head against a wall, slapped him in the face, put him in a stress position in a freezing room and/or put him in a coffin sized box in extreme heat. But the right-wing argues that it doesn't matter because none of this is torture. They are adamant in saying that it is not even open to interpretation. ...

What if Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Had Died?
The Latest on Air America — Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was waterboarded 183 times . We practiced sleep deprivation on him for 11 straight days. I don't know how many times we smashed his head against a wall, slapped him in the face, put him in a stress position in a freezing room and/or put him in a coffin sized box in extreme heat. But the right-wing argues that it doesn't matter because none of this is torture. They are adamant in saying that it is not even open to interpretation. Because, remember, if it's at least open to interpretation, we should investigate to see if laws were broken and we crossed the ...

Former Bush And McCain Mouthpiece Nicolle Wallace Claims To Speak For All Doctors
The Hollywood Liberal — ... he was the No. 3 man in the organization’s hierarchy and a partner of Osama bin Laden.” “They told me, ‘Sorry, we discover that you are not Number 3, not a partner, not even a fighter,’” Zubaydah said. Zubaydah, who was subjected to waterboarding 83 times in one month, also said that he ...

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