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Old 02-05-2008, 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by MTI View Post

Waterboarding induces a feeling of imminent drowning with the restrained subject's mouth covered and water poured over his face.

"Waterboarding taken to its extreme, could be death, you could drown someone," McConnell acknowledged. He said waterboarding remains a technique in the CIA's arsenal, but it would require the consent of the president and legal approval of the attorney general.

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I have spoken with US Navy personnel who were water boarded as part of their training before doing covert operations in Vietnam back in the 1970's. They had a doctor nearby just in case somebody needed to be revived.

Google this: U.S. Navy Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape School (SERE)
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