Tuesday, April 28, 2009

A good reason not to believe all you hear on the news

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 the world.

It was shocking. And it was highly misleading. The number is a vast inflation, according to information from a U.S. official and the testimony of the terrorists themselves.

A U.S. official with knowledge of the interrogation program told FOX 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."


Okay they didn't technically lie, but ..........

I know all politicians distort the facts, and all news people report the worst possible interpretation of it, but come on guys think about how this crap looks overseas before you throw this shit out there for the world to read.

They water boarded the guy five times not 183 times. We can disagree on what is torture and if it works, but why misrepresent the truth. It only harms your point of view when the facts come out. Five times is as bad as 183 to those who feel this is wrong, you didn't need to further inflame the passions of the world.

Oh by the way the Democrats have found a way to blame republicans for the Swine flu. Do these guys look like fools or what. The tiny minority of republicans gutted the bloated stimulus package. You remember that is the one that the democrats had control of. It seems that is their new excuse, as if they needed one. This is going to prove to be much to do about nothing. Just another political football and something to fill all that time on th 24hour news whores network.

If they felt the need for additional flu money they should have fought for it. Since they didn't, I can only assume the Democrats felt it better to cut the flu money than some bridge to nowhere.

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