Waterboarding

Pelosi Backpedals Furiously, Claims CIA Misled Her
Nancy Pelosi, present at CIA briefings at which waterboarding and other interrogation methods were discussed, is now claiming that she was misled.

What is Waterboarding
Imagine the choking sensation that you might have experienced on accidentally gulping a lot of water; or if you were drowning in water. Waterboarding is the same, with the only difference that one is forced to do it!

Keith Olbermann Challenges Sean Hannity to be Waterboarded
As the debate over waterboarding and torture continues to rage, Keith Olbermann is calling on Sean Hannity to undergo the torture technique for charity.

Mukasey’s Answers to Torture Questions Unsatisfying to the Senate
Potential U.S. Attorney General nominee Michael Mukasey leaves senators unsettled as he refuses to definitively classify waterboarding as torture.

Obama Releases Bush Torture Memos
Insects, sleep deprivation and waterboarding among approved techniques by the Bush administration

Waterboarding is Torture, Says Obama's Choice As Justice Chief
Guantánamo statement from next attorney-general signals break with Bush administration

White House Authorised Waterboarding, Us Newspaper Reports
Washington Post presents compelling evidence that Bush administration approved interrogation tactic

White House 'approved Waterboarding of Suspects'
Secret memos issued at CIA's request provide evidence that Bush administration endorsed torture

Coney Island Gets Torture Stall
US amusement park acquires new attraction associated with Guantánamo: the Waterboard Thrill Ride

The Worst of the Worst
Ken Gude: Jane Mayer's new book reveals details about the Bush administration's torture policy that go far beyond waterboarding

Want to Know If Waterboarding is Torture? Ask Christopher Hitchens
Jon Henley: In August's edition of Vanity Fair you can see the fierce proponent of the invasion of Iraq being subjected to this most terrifying of ordeals

Bush References London Attacks to Defend Waterboarding
President George Bush cited the July 7 bombings in London to justify his support for waterboarding, an interrogation technique widely regarded as torture

CIA Admit 'waterboarding' Al-qaida Suspects
CIA interrogators used water boarding on three al-Qaida suspects just after the September 11 attacks, the CIA admitted today

Waterboarding 'greenlit at Top Levels of Power'
The White House today was directly accused of authorizing the waterboarding of al-Qaida suspects, putting President George Bush at the center of a deepening controversy about the treatment of detainees.

CIA Destroyed Video of 'waterboarding' Al-qaida Detainees
The CIA destroyed video evidence of the coercive interrogation of al-Qaida operatives held under its secret rendition program in order to shield agents from prosecution, it was revealed yesterday

Congress to Clash With Bush Over 'torture' Technique
Congress is set to clash with George Bush on the contentious practice of water boarding and other harsh interrogation techniques as it prepares legislation on intelligence funding

Cheney Endorses Simulated Drowning
The use of a form of torture known as waterboarding to gain information is a "no-brainer", the US vice-president, Dick Cheney, told a radio interviewer, it was reported today.