That is the number of times we waterboarded two people reported by NYT and MSNBC.
The C.I.A. officers used waterboarding at least 83 times in August 2002 against Abu Zubaydah, according to a 2005 Justice Department legal memorandum. Abu Zubaydah has been described as a Qaeda operative.
Eighty-three times against Abu Zubaydah.
The 2005 memo also says that the C.I.A. used waterboarding 183 times in March 2003 against Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the self-described planner of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
One hundred eighty-three times against Khalid Shaikh Mohammed.
Of course this unbelievably high number of waterboardings was justified because, you know, it's not like
A former C.I.A. officer, John Kiriakou, told ABC News and other news media organizations in 2007 that Abu Zubaydah had undergone waterboarding for only 35 seconds before agreeing to tell everything he knew.
Nothing but outrage.