waterboarding mccain

• The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals.

..., and the much-discussed practice of waterboarding. (After reading the book, I watched a short video ...Republican Senator John McCain, himself having been a prisoner of war in Vietnam,...

• International Journal
• Vol. 64 Nbr. 3, June 2009

• Dunking Terror Suspects Not Torture, Cheney Says

In an interview Tuesday with Scott Hennen, a conservative radio show host from Fargo, N.D., [Cheney] agreed with Hennen's assertion that "a dunk in water" may yield valuable intelligence from terrorism suspects. He also referred to information gleaned from Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the captured architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, but stopped short of saying what techniques were used. Well, it's a no-brainer for me," Cheney said. "But for a while there, I was criticized as being the vice-president for torture. We don't torture. That's not what we're involved in.

... the use of a technique called waterboarding on prisoners held by the U.S. In an interview Tues...Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and other lawmakers have said that recen...

• Winnipeg Free Press
• August 12, 2009