Stories tagged "waterboarding"

So what will be left of the Republican Party after next week's US election? The answer lies in the sands of Florida, where the sunshine-state Republicans have nominated an unrepentant torturer as their candidate for Congress. They view his readiness to to

Sacramento County Republican leaders Tuesday took down offensive material on their official party Web site that sought to link Sen. Barack Obama to Osama bin Laden and encouraged people to "Waterboard Barack Obama" — material that even offended state GO

The Bush administration issued a pair of secret memos to the CIA in 2003 and 2004 that explicitly endorsed the agency's use of interrogation techniques such as waterboarding against al-Qaeda suspects -- documents prompted by worries among intelligence off

Changing the long-accepted rules on interrogation required concerted action. From left: Undersecretary of Defense Douglas J. Feith, then vice-presidential counsel David S. Addington, then White House counsel Alberto Gonzales, President George W. Bush, and

The author , Christopher Hitchens catches his breath after undergoing his first waterboarding session.

The artist Steve Powers has opened the new Waterboard Thrill Ride in the shadow of the Cyclone and a mere corn dog's throw from Nathan's.

Documents reveal that when C.I.A. interrogators used waterboarding and other techniques, they were required to keep records of each method used, its duration and the names of everyone present.

The controversial interrogation technique of waterboarding has served a "valuable" purpose and does not constitute torture, former Attorney General John Ashcroft told a House committee Thursday.

The military trainers who came to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in December 2002 based an entire interrogation class on a chart showing the effects of "coercive management techniques" for possible use on prisoners, including "sleep deprivation," ...

US military prosecutors file charges against the alleged mastermind behind the 2000 attack on the USS Cole. He told a hearing at the US base in Cuba last year that he confessed to the attack because he had been tortured.