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Gina Haspel CIA Torture Cables Declassified

The CIA director described extended sessions of physical violence and waterboarding.

Why President Obama Can No Longer Afford to Put Up with the CIA's Brazen Lies -- And Neither Can the Country

by John Prados

"President Barack Obama must rue the day when he renounced initiating an inquiry on CIA behavior during the war on terror in favor of moving forward into the future."

Ex-CIA lawyer says Bush not told at first about waterboarding

John Rizzo, a former CIA general counsel, says Bush's claim that he was informed about waterboarding from the first is not true.

"I Begged for Them to Stop"

by Nick Turse

Originally posted on TomDispatch.com

British Army 'waterboarded' suspects in 70s

Evidence that the British army subjected prisoners in Northern Ireland to waterboarding during interrogations in the 1970s is emerging after one of the alleged victims launched an appeal against his conviction for murder.

What People Are Talking About: Torture

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Kinue Tokudome: Waterboarding ... The Meaning for Japan

"If you look at the history of the use of that technique used by the Khmer Rouge, used in the inquisition, used by the Japanese and prosecuted by us as war crimes, we prosecuted our own soldiers in Vietnam, I agree with you, Mr. Chairman, waterboarding is torture." 

Mukasey Still Doesn't Know Water Boarding Is Torture?

by William Loren Katz

Attorney General Michael Mukasey, this country's chief legal officer, discussed the torture known as water boarding Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. 

William Schweiker: Baptism by Torture (The roots of waterboarding)

Religious practices have often been tied to violence and torture, but this connection is often hidden within public discourse. That is the situation now in the United States with the debate about waterboarding, the religious meanings of which have yet to be articulated and explored.

U.S. Water Boarding, 1899 Style

by William Loren Katz

Some high U.S. officials claim not be aware of it, and Judge Michael Mukasey, the President's choice for attorney general, prefers to equivocate, but water boarding has long been a form of torture that causes excruciating pain.

Max Boot: Waterboarding ... the other side of the story

Whatever you think of waterboarding and the like, there is another side to this issue which isn’t getting much attention, one that involves the actions of our allies.

Waterboarding: A Tortured History

The surprisingly contentious confirmation process of Michael Mukasey, President Bush's pick for attorney general, has come down to one issue: waterboarding. Mukasey has called waterboarding personally "repugnant," but said he did not know enough about how it has been used to define it as torture.