Khalid Sheik Mohammed, so-called mastermind of 9/11, says he lied to make the torture enhanced interrogation stop.
Mohammed made the assertion during hearings at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where he was transferred in 2006after being held at secret CIA sites since his capture in 2003.
“I make up stories,” Mohammed said, describing in broken English an interrogation probably administered by the CIA concerning the whereabouts of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. “Where is he? I don’t know. Then, he torture me,” Mohammed said of his interrogator. “Then I said, ‘Yes, he is in this area.’ “
Now who could have possibly predicted that?
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WHile I have no doubt that many people do in fact lie to stop torture (and it is one of the many reasons I am vehemently opposed to torture), let’s not just accept this prima facie.
He has incentive to lie here and potentially stop the torture.
That is all.
Isn’t that a bit of circular logic, IRE?
Cheney having his reputation and his legacy destroyed before his eyes must be torture to him. Maybe that’s why he lies all the time.
No. There is plenty of reason to believe Khalid is lying. If that’s not readily obvious, I’m sorry.
“No. There is plenty of reason to believe Khalid is lying. If that’s not readily obvious, I’m sorry.”
Isn’t the fact then that he lied either way, thus not really trustworthy to begin with, then? KSM was not talking to the press, he was talking to the military several years ago if you look at the sourcing of the article and not just think that he came out and said this recently.