https://www.propublica.org/article/cia-cables-detail-its-new-deputy-directors-role-in-torture?utm_source=CNN+Media%3A+Reliable+Sources&utm_campaign=b7bfda3923-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_06_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e95cdc16a9-b7bfda3923-84924833
From CNN's Brian Stelter:
ProPublica, one of the country's most respected news organizations, issued a massive correction on Thursday. EIC Stephen Engelberg retracted two of the main assertions in a February 2017 story about deputy CIA director Gina Haspel's role in the Bush-era interrogation and detention program.
WHY NOW: The 2017 story was revived earlier this week when President Trump picked Haspel to head the CIA. Q's about torture have surrounded Haspel's nomination.
WHAT WAS WRONG: The story said she ran the secret base where Abu Zubaydah was waterboarded, and that she "mocked the prisoner’s suffering in a private conversation." Engelberg: "Neither of these assertions is correct and we retract them. It is now clear that Haspel did not take charge of the base until after the interrogation of Zubaydah ended..."
WHAT WAS RIGHT: The story "did accurately report that Haspel later rose to a senior position at CIA headquarters, where she pushed her bosses to destroy the tapes of Zubaydah’s waterboarding." And she WAS in charge when another detainee was waterboarded... |
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Without a doubt, this is deeply embarrassing for ProPublica. But it should also be said that Engelberg's 975-word editor's note is a model for transparency. He tried to explain what went wrong and admitted that "this error was particularly unfortunate because it muddied an important national debate about Haspel and the CIA's recent history."
At the end of the note, Engelberg apologized to Haspel and to the site's readers. A ProPublica rep declined further comment when I asked on Thursday night... |
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