Here's a brief history lesson. 1947: The U.S. charge a Japanese officer, Yukio Asano, with war crimes for carrying out another form of waterboarding on a U.S. civilian. The subject was strapped on a stretcher that was tilted so that his feet were in the air and head near the floor, and small amounts of water were poured over his face, leaving him gasping for air until he agreed to talk. He received 15 years of hard labor as a punishment. 1963: A CIA interrogation training manual declassified 12 years ago, "KUBARK Counterintelligence Interrogation -- July 1963," outlined a procedure similar …
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johnmarge
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Thanks. Too bad more people aren't participating in this exchange, and too bad so few Americans are even aware of these atrocities.
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