Justice Dept. Official: CIA Waterboarding Was Subject to “Strict Limitations” | Talking Points Memo

The CIA’s use of waterboarding was legal and not torture, a Justice Deparment official argued this morning, because it was a “procedure subject to strict limitations and safeguards” that made it substantially different from historical uses of the technique by the Japanese and the Spanish Inquisition.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=178537