Waterboarding - Wikipedia
WEBWaterboarding is a form of torture in which water is poured over a cloth covering the face and breathing passages of an immobilized captive, causing the person to experience the sensation of drowning.
Waterboarding Survival: How To Survive Being Waterboarded
WEBWe're going to cover how to survive waterboarding and prepare as much as you can for it if it were to ever happen.
What is waterboarding, and who believes it works?
WEBJan 27, 2017 · In modern times, waterboarding is so named for the board, angled downward at the head, to which a subject is strapped before interrogation. When water is poured over the face, it creates the...
Waterboarding | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica
WEBAug 13, 2024 · Waterboarding, method of torture in which water is poured into the nose and mouth of a victim who lies on his back on an inclined platform, with his feet above his head. It produces extreme physical suffering and an uncontrollable feeling of panic and terror, usually within seconds.
What a waterboarding reconstruction looks like - BBC News
WEB**VIDEO CONTAINS SOME DISTURBING IMAGES** The BBC's Panorama programme witnesses the first accurate public demonstration of waterboarding. A team based in th...
What is Waterboarding? | American Civil Liberties Union
WEBWaterboarding, or "water torture," is a brutal practice whereby an interrogator straps a prisoner to a board, places a wet rag in his mouth, and by pouring water through the rag induces controlled drowning.
What is water boarding? - HowStuffWorks
WEBMar 7, 2024 · Water boarding is an interrogation technique that simulates drowning, causing intense psychological distress and a gag reflex in the subject, making them believe they are about to die.
Waterboarding: A Mental and Physical Trauma - TIME
WEBApril 20, 2009 12:00 AM EDT. I n Chile, they called it submarino, a form of simulated drowning that has much the same effect as what we call waterboarding. During Augusto Pinochet’s 17-year-long...
Interview: John Rizzo, Author Of 'Company Man' : NPR
WEBJan 7, 2014 · Waterboarding was at the center of the debate about what the CIA called "enhanced interrogation techniques" — and what critics called "torture." John Rizzo, acting general counsel of the CIA in...
Waterboarding: A Tortured History : NPR
WEBNov 3, 2007 · Waterboarding actually refers to two different interrogation techniques. One involves pumping water directly into the stomach. "This creates intense pain. It feels like your organs are on fire,"...
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