LA Times forwards Cheney's EIT misinformation

SUMMARY: The Los Angeles Times reported Dick Cheney's claim that " 'enhanced interrogation techniques' [EIT] saved American lives and prevented terrorist attacks," without noting -- as it did in a previous article -- that a recently released CIA inspector general's (IG) report stated that "the effectiveness of specific techniques 'cannot be so easily measured.' " Moreover, the Times did not note that Cheney's statement is inconsistent with one he previously gave about the CIA documents, nor did it note that one detainee subjected to EITs, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, has reportedly stated that he gave false information to the CIA during the "harshest period" of his interrogation.

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