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View Poll Results: Is waterboarding torture?
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Old 09-07-2006, 01:17 PM   #1
Tyrone Slothrop
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Is this torture?

This is the CIA's definition of waterboarding:
  • "The prisoner is bound to an inclined board, feet raised and head slightly below the feet. Cellophane is wrapped over the prisoner's face and water is poured over him. Unavoidably, the gag reflex kicks in and a terrifying fear of drowning leads to almost instant pleas to bring the treatment to a halt."

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