In Adopting Harsh Tactics, No Inquiry Into Their Past Use

The top officials he briefed did not learn that waterboarding had been prosecuted by the United States in war-crimes trials after World War II and was a well-documented favorite of despotic governments since the Spanish Inquisition; one waterboard used under Pol Pot was even on display at the genocide museum in Cambodia. Full Story »

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Patricia Blochowiak
3.7
by Patricia Blochowiak - Apr. 22, 2009

Good story with lots of facts and many sources. Could have been improved by adding reference to U.S. use of waterboarding in the Philipines.

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