“Torturous” media bias.

Ho, hum, more misleading slant from the New York Times. Nothing new here:

[Fox 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.”

“The water was poured 183 times — there were 183 pours,” the official explained, adding that “each pour was a matter of seconds.”

183 pours? What a bargain for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed! If a pour is equal to each of his 3,000 9-11 victims it’s only 1/16th the number he should have received!

How incredibly weak we look before our enemies right now. They must be getting a good laugh at our hand wringing and self-flagellation. And, they are no doubt updating their capture-training methods to reflect exactly how far we are willing to go (or, rather, how far we aren’t).