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 9 months 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 9 months 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 9 months 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__ 9 months ago

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 11 months ago

...yet he now claims to be against the use of this torture technique. picked by mandolinorange 11 months ago

From the people behind lol cats we bring you images of celebrities that look just like people, objects, animals, etc.

Some really great ones here. picked by BernardBlack 4 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 12 months 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 11 months ago

Slap an 'I Park Like An Idiot' sticker on that poorly parked vehicle, snap a photo and send it in.

I cant stand people who park like this. picked by muppetmaker 3 months ago

WELL over a third of US combat troops deployed in Iraq condone torture to obtain information from insurgents and nearly one in 10 acknowledge mistreating civilians, a survey has found. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

In honor of the 13th annual International Talk Like a Pirate Day on September 19th, Area 49 has released ayePhone (iTunes link), a ninety-nine cent iPhone application that helps you, too, avoid the critical mistake of speaking like a non-pirate on this, the holiest of all pirate days. picked by AutumnLotus 2 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 3 months ago

This disturbing new Amnesty International video reenacts CIA stress-position torture techniques. Oh, wait. Did I say disturbing? I meant to say, "Hells yeah, do whutever it takes to git them terrists!"

Not safe for work or children. picked by Galoot 12 months ago

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. picked by misslesh 5 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 11 months ago