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On Waterboarding: Lesser of Two Evils

Submitted by B Cohen, Dec 13, 2007 18:52

any one tried being the person being water boarded? or any other 'severe' method of interrogation? let me (and countless other people) know what it is actually like.


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Dec 13, 2007 21:15

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