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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 ...

During an interview on Fox News to discuss the 2016 GOP primary, Pete Hegseth and current Newsmax host Carl Higbie were brought on to discuss the candidates' stances on waterboarding and torture. When ...

Inexcusable Hypocrisy In an appearance on MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan Show, Cenk Uygur doesn't hold back. "We've prosecuted people for waterboarding before," Uygur points out. "After the Spanish-American ...

GEORGETOWN, Del. (AP) – A pediatrician known for his research on paranormal science and near-death experiences with children was convicted Thursday of waterboarding the daughter of his longtime ...

THE ex-lawyer for the CIA has released his memoir, in which he says former president George W. Bush was not told at first about the use of waterboarding. A memoir by John Rizzo, longtime acting ...

In an exclusive interview with ABC News, President Donald Trump said he "absolutely" thinks waterboarding works and would consider reinstating it as an interrogation technique, depending on the advice ...

GEORGETOWN, Delaware (Reuters) - A Delaware pediatrician force-fed his 11-year-old stepdaughter, forbade her from using the bathroom and used "waterboarding" in attempts to discipline the child, a ...

Image of a woodcut depicting waterboarding included in J. Damhoudère's Praxis Rerum Criminalium, Antwerp, 1556. The surprisingly contentious confirmation process of Michael Mukasey, President Bush's ...