Water Boarding
Headlines in the U.S. news media are currently abuzz with this term as it relates to the nomination of Attorney General-designate Michael Mukasey and his refusal to define the practice as torture. The news media seems to have forgotten recent history. In 1968, an U.S. army officer (pictured) below was severely punished for torturing a North Vietnamese prisoner.
Headlines in the U.S. news media are currently abuzz with this term as it relates to the nomination of Attorney General-designate Michael Mukasey and his refusal to define the practice as torture. The news media seems to have forgotten recent history. In 1968, an U.S. army officer (pictured) below was severely punished for torturing a North Vietnamese prisoner.
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