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Originally Posted by Rebellion
Good point...apparently the US "tortures" its own employees.
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Yes they do, and here is what they had to say:
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"Unless you have been strapped down to the board, have endured the agonizing feeling of the water overpowering your gag reflex, and then feel your throat open and allow pint after pint of water to involuntarily fill your lungs, you will not know the meaning of the word."
"waterboarding is a torture technique – period"
- Malcolm Nance, SERE trainer in charge of waterboarding
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Here is the account of a reporter who paid $800 to under go waterboarding and see what all the fuss was about.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...oryId=16012903
One Senior White House lawyer decided to experience it for himself:
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Daniel Levin, then acting assistant attorney general, went to a military base near Washington and underwent the procedure to inform his analysis of different interrogation techniques.
After the experience, Levin told White House officials that even though he knew he wouldn't die, he found the experience terrifying and thought that it clearly simulated drowning.
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He was fired shortly after.
I won't post the hundreds of stories of US soldiers waterboarded by our enemies. But I will bet you can guess what word everyone of them used to describe the technique.
Ixtellor