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Waterboarding

Waterboarding or controlled drowning 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. In the most common method of waterboarding, the captive's face is covered with cloth or some other thin material and immobilized on…

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Waterboarding

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related to Further reading · 97
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related to U.S. military survival training · 25
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related to World War II · 24
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related to Classification in the U.S. · 23
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related to Northern Ireland · 23
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related to Technique · 23
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related to During the Philippine–American War · 20
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related to United States law and regulations · 20
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related to For obtaining actionable intelligence · 18
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related to American prisons before World War I · 16
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waterboarding disrupted one attack.In an interview in January 2009instance ofhe does not believe that evidence obtained by the U.S. government through enhanced interrogation techniques0.80text
Dick Cheney acknowledged the use of waterboarding to interrogate suspectsinstance ofhe does not believe that evidence obtained by the U.S. government through enhanced interrogation techniques0.80text
said that waterboarding had beeninstance ofhe does not believe that evidence obtained by the U.S. government through enhanced interrogation techniques0.80text
Waterboardinghas effectAllen Keller0.60section
Waterboardinghas effectBellevue Hospital/New York University0.60section
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