Thiessen told Amanpour, \u201cThere have been so many so misstatements told about the enhanced interrogation techniques, comparing them to the Spanish Inquisition and the Khmer Rouge, and I have to tell you Christiane, you are one of the people who have spread these mistruths.\u201d<\/p>\n
An incredulous Amanpour replied, \u201cExcuse me?\u201d<\/p>\n
Thiessen pulled out a transcript of her story from her visit to S-21, and said \u201cLet me read to you what you said.\u201d He then quoted Amanpour\u2019s report:<\/p>\n
\u201cI stared blankly at another of Van Nath\u2019s paintings. This time a prisoner is submerged in a life-size box full of water, handcuffed to the side so he cannot escape or raise his head to breathe. His interrogators, arrayed around him, are demanding information. I asked Van Nath whether he had heard this was once used on America\u2019s terrorist suspected. He nodded his head. \u2018It\u2019s not right.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thiessen told Amanpour, \u201cThat is completely false.\u201d Amanpour asked, \u201cThat\u2019s false?\u201d Thiessen told her, \u201cWe did not submerge people in a box of water.\u201d Amanpour replied, \u201cExcuse me a second, that is called waterboarding.\u201d \u201cNo it\u2019s not,\u201d Thiessen replied. Amanpour tried to turn to the other guest, left-wing author Philippe Sands, but Thiessen pressed his point: \u201cChristiane you are absolutely wrong. 14,000 people killed in S-21. Seven survivors \u2026\u201d But Amanpour cut him off, \u201cExcuse me, you are trying to obfuscate the debate. That prison was full of images of water torture.\u201d Thiessen responded, \u201cWhich is nothing like what the CIA did. Do you have any evidence \u2026\u201d Amanpour cut him again off to go Sands, after which Amanpour tried to change the subject.<\/p>\n
But Thiessen pressed her: \u201cI want to answer this, because it is very important. What you said was not waterboarding but a barrel filled with water. You have no evidence whatsoever that the CIA did what you said they did.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Obviously, being called a liar and presented with the evidence on her show doesn’t sit well with Amanpour. Thiessen had better watch his bac, though. Amanpour married into the Clinton circle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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