9/11 'mastermind' was waterboarded 183 times by the CIA...

September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was waterboarded 183 times, it has emerged.

The repeated use of the technique was sure to raise questions about its effectiveness in CIA interrogations.

New Justice Department documents show that CIA interrogators also used the waterboarding technique - which simulates drowning - on another al Qaeda suspect 83 times at a secret prison in Thailand, the New York Times reported.

A former CIA agent had told news media that the suspect, Abu Zubaydah, was subjected to only 35 seconds underwater before talking. More...

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