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Posted by: Neophile 1 month, 2 weeks ago

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What more can be added to the debate over U.S. interrogation methods, and whether waterboarding is torture? Try firsthand experience. The author undergoes the controversial drowning technique, at the hands of men who once trained American soldiers to resist -- not inflict -- it.

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disraeli1 month, 2 weeks ago

Waterboarding is torture. It was when it was first perfected during the Spanish Inquistion.
It was when Japanese guards did it to POWs during WWII and were subsequently charged, tried and convicted.
It still is when practiced by the barbarians currently in charge of the United States.
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  injest1 month, 2 weeks ago
  
  "It goes without saying that I knew I could stop the process at any time,"
  And that's the point, that's why it works.
  
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bigurn1 month, 2 weeks ago

His shirt should have been soaked with water. I'm not convinced he got the whole treatment.
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  MereMortal1 month, 2 weeks ago
  
  Look at the picture at the top of the second page. At the left you will see the gallon jugs of water they apparently used. You will also see how little water there is on the ground and in the bucket below his head. When it comes to water, it doesn't take much.
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  disraeli1 month, 2 weeks ago
  
  If you follow the links you will get to a video of the exercise. Judge from that whether he got the "whole treatment".
  Although you are no doubt correct. He didn't get the sleep deprivation, the stress positions, the being shackled to an overhead beam or the routine beatings. No, he just got the waterboarding without any of the appetizers.
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