Waterboarding, according to the CIA - some of whose most senior officials are currently giving evidence before a congressional inquiry into the organisation's decision to deliberately destroy video recordings of two al-Qaida captives being subjected to the practice - is merely an "enhanced coercive interrogation technique". picked by leopoldogolba 2 years ago

A video demonstrating what waterboarding really looks like picked by bigtonyboy 2 years ago

A supervisor is accused of waterboarding an employee to demonstrate that they should work as hard on sales as the employee had worked to breathe. picked by cb__ 2 years ago

The White House says President Bush will veto legislation on Saturday that would have barred the CIA from using waterboarding — a technique that simulates drowning — and other harsh interrogation methods on terror suspects. picked by TraumaMamma 2 years ago

Waterboarding is necessary though probably not legal, CIA Director Michael Hayden told Congress Thursday as Attorney General Michael Mukasey said he would not open a criminal investigation into the CIA's use of the technique.

*So it's illegal, but no charges, WTF?
*Wanted to post this as an update but can't find it. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Although President Bush has stated that the United States has not and will not torture people, it has been learned that Mr. Bush himself has authorized the use of waterboarding on detainees (a practice previously prosecuted by the United States as a war crime), and has claimed the authority to do so again in certain circumstances. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Nancy Pelosi didn't have any concerns about the use of waterboarding when she and other members of congress was briefed on its use. picked by Dangerman 2 years ago

Each time may have been for only a few seconds, but surely that was an excessive number? One wonders if the waterboarding was more about revenge and less about obtaining useful information.
Via picked by 2manyusernames 7 months ago

Holder makes a departure from the previous administration's policy, or their unwillingness to say one way or the other. picked by coldbladed 11 months ago

...yet he now claims to be against the use of this torture technique. picked by mandolinorange 2 years ago

The issue is emerging as one of the toughest tests of Ms. Pelosi’s tenure, as she finds herself fending off accusations of hypocrisy from Republicans for criticizing the interrogation methods, even though she had known about them, and from liberal critics who say that she should have raised the alarm earlier if she knew what was transpiring. picked by muppet 7 months ago

Officials told NBC News' Robert Windrem that one of the videos included the waterboarding of Abu Zubaydah, the leader in charge of al-Qaida's training camps. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

"The nation must protect their identity 'as vigilantly as they protect our security,'" Obama said. However, Bush-era interrogation memos have been released (see here). picked by cb__ 7 months ago

A man with a black hood pours water on the face of a prisoner in an orange jumpsuit strapped to a table: no, it's not Guantanamo Bay naval base, but New York's Coney Island amusement park. picked by AfroMosHi 1 year ago

Just six months after a Frenchwoman underwent the world's first face transplant, a military hospital in China announced that it too had conducted even more ambitious facial surgery.

WARNING: Graphic images. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

Forget YouTube—if you're a member of the US Military deployed overseas, you're about to become intimately familiar with TroopTube. The Military has launched TroopTube as an alternative to other video sharing sites, which have been banned from being accessed from bases overseas. picked by Nateebiinature 1 year ago

In times of war, many voices are heard. The promises of politicians, the criticism of pundits and the objections of protesters, but one local record label is making sure the voices of those closest to the battlegrounds also are heard.
To The Fallen Records website picked by suebe 3 years ago

When Mohamed was first held at a CIA prison in Morocco, “They started this monthly treatment where they would come in with a scalpel or a razor type of instrument and they would slash his genitals, just with small cuts.” picked by bornbad 6 months ago

Kids, Sadly, Santa may be a bit late getting your gifts to you as he has been detained by the CIA and is undergoing enhanced interrogation. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

As the secrets about the CIA's interrogation techniques continue to come out, there's new information about the frequency and severity of their use, contradicting an 2007 ABC News report, and a new focus on two private contractors who were apparently directing the brutal sessions that President Obama calls torture. picked by Nateebiinature 7 months ago