1980~2000: Latin AmericaWaterboarding and other water-based tortures such as “el submarino” — the submarine — were practiced against prisoners of both sides of the Peruvian Internal conflict. Similar interrogations were practiced in the Argentine Dirty War. |
2002~2003: United States Central Intelligence Agency"The prisoner is bound to an inclined board, feet raised and head slightly below the feet. Cellophane is wrapped over the prisoner's face and water is poured over him. Unavoidably, the gag reflex kicks in and a terrifying fear of drowning leads to almost instant pleas to bring the treatment to a halt." As depicted by ABC News, "Only Three Have Been Waterboarded by CIA", November 02, 2007 |
What is your perspective on the issue of waterboarding not being torture and the fact that it does work?