Definition of WATERBOARDING

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Newsletter Sign-up The administration of George W. Bush determined that waterboarding, a technique that simulates drowning, didn’t meet the definition of torture. — Nancy A. Youssef, WSJ, "CIA Pick Haspel: Agency Won’t Go Back to Post-9/11 Interrogation Tactics," 9 May 2018 In it, the Bridges character, a victim of mistaken identity, has his head jammed in a toilet by criminals, a pre-9/11 Hollywood version of waterboarding. — Carol Rosenberg, miamiherald, "A freed Guantánamo prisoner and his ex-guard meet again in remarkable Ramadan reunion," 11 June 2018 She is also branded for involvement in destroying tapes of CIA waterboarding. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, "Gina Haspel’s CIA Crucible," 4 May 2018 Her involvement with waterboarding has caused her trouble in the past. — Martin Finucane, BostonGlobe.com, "6 things to know about Gina Haspel," 13 Mar. 2018 Brennan has had to walk a similar tightrope about his own record on waterboarding. — Mattathias Schwartz, New York Times, "A Spymaster Steps Out of the Shadows," 27 June 2018 The report also said that torture techniques — including waterboarding, sleep deprivation, and chaining prisoners in painful positions in cold, dark dungeons — did little to elicit valuable information or save American lives. — Erin Kelly, USA TODAY, "Senators to press Gina Haspel about her role in CIA torture program during Wednesday hearing," 8 May 2018 As a candidate, Trump advocated simulated drowning, more commonly known as waterboarding and other harsh techniques on terror suspects. — W.j. Hennigan, Time, "CIA Nominee Gina Haspel Will Face Tough Questions on Torture," 8 May 2018 In late 2002, Haspel oversaw a secret facility in Thailand where al-Nashiri was subjected to waterboarding and other tactics. — Alan Cowell And Charlie Savage, miamiherald, "Lithuania and Romania complicit in CIA prisons, European court says," 1 June 2018

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