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Waterboarding stories:
Did Erich 'Mancow' Muller fake his own waterboarding? Glub, glub
May 29th, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
Word is out on the Web that Chicago radio talker Erich "Mancow" Muller may have totally faked his waterboarding. According to Gawker, the whole thing — all six seconds of it — was a stunt.
ProPublica: Has Consulting Firm For CIA Gone MIA?
May 28th, 2009 - The Huffington Post
Last week in Spokane, Wash., protesters rallied against torture outside the longtime offices of a consulting firm founded by two former military psychologists who reportedly helped develop abusive interrogation techniques for the CIA and the U.S...
Meghan Rhoad: Giving Birth in Shackles
May 27th, 2009 - The Huffington Post
Last week, New York legislators passed landmark legislation on an issue that has received far less public attention and debate than waterboarding and sleep deprivation...
RNC's below-the-belt shot at Nancy Pelosi
May 23rd, 2009 - POLITICO
She’s the 69-year-old speaker of the House of Representatives, second in the line of succession and the most powerful woman in U.S. history. But when you see Nancy Pelosi...
Pelosi stands by statement in torture dispute
May 23rd, 2009 - Freep
The House Speaker said at a Friday news conference she wasn't backing down. "I stand by my comments," said Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. "I have made the statement that I'm going to make" and "I won't have anything more to say about it.
Waterboarding videos from YouTube:
5:49Watch Christopher Hitchens Get Waterboarded (VANITY FAIR)
From www.vf.com. How does it feel to be "aggressively interrogated"? Christopher Hitchens found out for himself, submitting to a brutal waterboarding session in an effort to understand the ...
4:44Mancow Waterboard
Mancow Muller of Chicago's Big 89, WLS-AM Mancow & Cassidy show, gets waterboarded to see what it's like and shares it with listeners and viewers. FULL STORY: wlsam.com
6:17Mancow Gets Waterboarded: Admits It's Torture
Watch more at www.theyoungturks.com.
9:50Getting Waterboarded: Vanguard
Kaj Larsen investigates the practice of waterboarding, an interrogation practice allegedly used by the US government. Is it a legitimate technique or torture?
Waterboarding from WikiPedia:
Waterboarding is a form of torture that consists of immobilizing the victim on his or her back with the head inclined downwards, and then pouring water over the face and into the breathing passages. By forced suffocation and inhalation of water, the subject experiences the sensation of drowning and is caused to believe they are about to die. It is considered a form of torture by legal experts, politicians, war veterans, medical experts in the treatment of torture victims, intelligence officials, military judges, and human rights organizations.
In contrast to submerging the head face-forward in water, waterboarding precipitates an almost immediate gag reflex. The technique does not inevitably cause lasting physical damage. It can cause extreme pain, dry drowning, damage to lungs, brain damage from oxygen deprivation, other physical injuries including broken bones due to struggling against restraints, lasting psychological damage or, if uninterrupted, death. Adverse physical consequences can start manifesting months after the event; psychological effects can last for years.
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