"Refreshed" 183 Times Before Getting "Confession"
-- We Always Thought He Was Guilty - He Just Needed Some "Refreshing"
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[See Actual "Refreshing" - LIVE] |
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CIA Waterboarded |
 Is This The Same "Refreshing" Used During the Inquistion? Yes, it is! |
CIA Used Waterboard Torture
CIA interrogators used the waterboarding technique on Khalid Sheik Mohammed 183 times before he finally gave in to the torture and admitted what they wanted to hear - saying he was the planner of the September 11 attacks.
Another al Qaeda suspect was subjected to the waterboard torture 83 times before he also gave in to the interrogators demads to "confess", says The New York Times.
The Justice Department memorandum showed that Abu Zubaydah, the first prisoner questioned in the CIA's overseas detention program ....
... in August 2002, was waterboarded 83 times, although a former CIA officer had told news media he had been subjected to only 35 seconds underwater before talking.
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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and co-defendant Walid bin Attash at a pre-trial session in Guantanamo Bay |
President Barack Obama has banned the use of waterboarding, overturning a Bush administration policy that it did not constitute torture.
The Justice Department memo said the simulated drowning technique was used on Mohammed 183 times in March 2003.
The Times said some copies of the memos appeared to have the number of waterboardings redacted while others did not.
The Senate Intelligence Committee is investigating the CIA interrogation program, which under President George Bush also included slamming prisoners into walls, shackling them in uncomfortable positions and depriving them of sleep.
Bush administration officials had claimed such methods were needed to get information but the repeated use of the waterboard on Zubaydah and Mohammed was sure to raise questions about its effectiveness.
