Sunday, May 6, 2012

How The CIA Broke Accused 9/11 Mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed

Accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed appeared at a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay Navy Base in Cuba Saturday. Reuters

How We Broke KSM -- New York Post

CIA big spills on terrorist’s rude awakening – 180 hours of no sleep.

In the end, it was the prospect of a nap that made 9/11 terror mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed sing like a canary.

“Even with waterboarding, he was counting on his fingers, because he knew we would stop at 10, so he wasn’t terribly intimidated by that,” ex-CIA official José Rodriguez Jr., told The Post.

“It was the sleep deprivation that finally got him.”

Still, the man described as the Hannibal Lecter of al Qaeda wasn’t easy to crack.

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My Comment: A diet of Ensure, diapers, and lack of sleep is what passes for torture? Hmmmm .... the lack of sleep is what would break me.

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