Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged 9/11 mastermind. Photograph: Guardian/APWaterboarding Used 266 Times on 2 Suspects -- The New York Times
C.I.A. interrogators used waterboarding, the near-drowning technique that top Obama administration officials have described as illegal torture, 266 times on two key prisoners from Al Qaeda, far more than had been previously reported.
The C.I.A. officers used waterboarding at least 83 times in August 2002 against Abu Zubaydah, according to a 2005 Justice Department legal memorandum. Abu Zubaydah has been described as a Qaeda operative.
A former C.I.A. officer, John Kiriakou, told ABC News and other news media organizations in 2007 that Abu Zubaydah had undergone waterboarding for only 35 seconds before agreeing to tell everything he knew.
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More News On The 9/11 Planners Being Waterboarded
CIA waterboarded al-Qaida suspects 266 times -- The Guardian
September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed 'waterboarded 183 times' -- Times Online
9/11 'mastermind' was waterboarded 183 times by the CIA, new documents show -- The Daily Mail
Planner of 9/11 attacks waterboarded 183 times-NYT -- Reuters
CIA waterboarded 9/11 mastermind 183 times -- AFP
CIA Headquarters Overruled Interrogators to Begin Using Torture -- All Gov
They Waterboarded Him 183 Times In One Month - -The Atlantic
Frequently Using Water-Boarding -- Slate
My Comment: If you ask me .... the 9/11 planners got off light.
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