GOP repeats dubious claim about Mohammed interrogation; The Hill echoes it

SUMMARY: The Hill newspaper uncritically reported that in a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, several Republican senators claimed that the interrogation of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed "produced information that 'was absolutely vital' to capturing other terrorists and preventing other attacks on the United States, such as a plot to destroy the Library Tower in Los Angeles." In fact, that interpretation conflicts with the chronology of events put forth on multiple occasions by the Bush administration, as Slate.com's Timothy Noah noted.

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