Waterboarding, 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 ...

President Obama’s nominee for FBI director on Tuesday said waterboarding is torture and illegal, and told lawmakers he fought to block the practice while serving in the George W. Bush administration.

They’re drowning themselves for clout. Eager influencers are putting themselves through torture for the latest dangerous social media trend — and this one could actually kill you. Clips of people ...

Former AG Mukasey, CIA chief at odds over role of "enhanced techniques." WASHINGTON, May 17, 2011 -- Top current and former government officials may have finally answered the question of whether ...

Donald Trump thinks the United States isn't demonstrating its strength enough in the fight against the Islamic State. One of his proposed solutions as president is to revive waterboarding, an enhanced ...

A guard placed a cloth over a prisoner’s face and poured water over him, creating a sensation that mimics drowning, according to court papers. By Benjamin Weiser Two prisoners in upstate New York say ...

They looked at the victim's ID and confirmed it was the wrong person, DOJ says. Two Florida brothers and another man were charged with federal kidnapping, waterboarding, and torturing a man despite ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A mother was given a 30-day jail sentence after Oregon prosecutors claim that during an incident in 2021, she waterboarded her child and placed him in the freezer as a test to ...

The family of death in custody victim Allan Marshall have demanded answers over a towel wrapped around his head during the brutal restraint that killed him. It comes after a landmark ruling at the ...