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Sen. John McCain said Steven Bradbury, whose legal memos authorized waterboarding, wrote "permission slips for torture." ...

A Lake County sheriff’s deputy was arrested and subsequently fired last month after he allegedly placed his wife in handcuffs and “waterboarded” her in a bathtub.

In an interview yesterday, US President Donald Trump was asked about waterboarding. He said he had asked people at the highest level of intelligence, “‘Does it work? Does torture work?’ ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Sen. John McCain said waterboarding would never be reinstated as an interrogation technique, despite President-elect Donald Trump’s remarks that torture works a ...

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President Donald Trump drew sharp criticism from both Democrats and Republicans after he left open the possibility that he would support enhanced interrogation techniques such as waterboarding.

During the confirmation hearing, Hegseth said if confirmed as defence secretary, he would follow the law. When King asked, “Are you OK with waterboarding”, Hegseth said, “Senator, the law of the land ...

and advocated for waterboarding and torture. Jump to section... Trump picked Fox News host Pete Hegseth for secretary of defense Hegseth has defended Americans accused of war crimes, including the ...

This has to change." Waterboarding was used as an interrogation process by the CIA in the US, after the attacks on New York and Washington in 2001. It was banned as an interrogation technique in ...