Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An interrogation technique, widely considered a form of torture, in which a person is restrained, usually by being strapped to a board with the feet higher than the head, and immersed in or doused with water to the point of drowning.
- noun Sports Any of various sports, such as kiteboarding, in which a person rides a waterboard.
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- noun A type of
torture technique in which the victim is immobilized, hastowels orrags wrapped over their face, and has water poured onto them, whichsimulates the sensation ofdrowning .
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I suspect for Olby, waterboarding is code for something else.
Latest Articles 2009
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But taking him at his word, it appears that he wanted to remove issues such as waterboarding from the confirmation debate, even if he was not directly responsible for them.
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A conservative figures out waterboarding is torture23rd02: 06 pm: Feeling Calm25th02: 20 pm: I need more short fiction26th07: 24 pm: Story A Day: Elvis in the Attic by Catherine M Morrison31st04: 40 pm: Dr. George Tiller — 4 comments
May 2009 joshenglish 2009
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Both of those cultures love torturers (just check out how the Spetznatz trains!) but in America torturing people (and waterboarding is torture, it is simulated drowning) is considered wrong by almost everybody, just like beating your wife is wrong.
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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A conservative figures out waterboarding is torture
Finally! A conservative figures out waterboarding is torture joshenglish 2009
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A conservative figures out waterboarding is torture joshenglish
Finally! A conservative figures out waterboarding is torture joshenglish 2009
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I'm not a terrorist and don't have the mindset of a terrorist so it would be hard for me to say whether waterboarding is or isn't a good recruiting tool.
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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HOWEVER, waterboarding is not torture, and I have both international law and the US government backing me up on that one.
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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Both of those cultures love torturers (just check out how the Spetznatz trains!) but in America torturing people (and waterboarding is torture, it is simulated drowning) is considered wrong by almost everybody, just like beating your wife is wrong.
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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Again, allow me to reiterate: the US government says that waterboarding is not torture, and international authorities say that waterboarding is not torture.
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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