tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21591142.post4301623709256183709..comments2023-10-28T08:41:31.392-05:00Comments on Just Not Right: The Torture DebateOilfieldguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00798195199042380644noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21591142.post-44520862509871424922009-06-02T15:08:20.494-05:002009-06-02T15:08:20.494-05:00Uh, Red, KSM was captured in March of 2003 and the...Uh, Red, KSM was captured in March of 2003 and the plot on LA was broke up in early 2002. It is silly to claim his torture prevented an attack that had been prevented well over a year before he was even captured.Oilfieldguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798195199042380644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21591142.post-14061072492092880972009-06-02T12:45:18.590-05:002009-06-02T12:45:18.590-05:00Kitty.. why do you continually distort the facts?
...Kitty.. why do you continually distort the facts?<br /><br />KSM was waterboarded more like 5 times, and it worked. His information prevented the attack on LA and he had not given it up when asked nicely. Zubayda himself said he was waterboarded no more than 10 times.<br /> <br />Here are the facts if you care-<br /><br />"A U.S. official with knowledge of the interrogation program told CNN 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." <br /><br />"The water was poured 183 times -- there were 183 pours," the official explained, adding that "each pour was a matter of seconds."<br /><br />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."<br /><br />We waterboard our own men according to Robert Gates and we still do it... according to the Obama administration waterboarding is not torture.RDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17392496670236140241noreply@blogger.com