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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (382504)	5/4/2008 10:45:12 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574539

You don't know that at all, you were told that and choose to believe it. Where is your evidence that it was "tremendously effective and harmless" Well, for that matter, I don't know that it was used but I was told that and choose to believe it. Maybe none of it happened. In fact, what evidence do you have that waterboarding was ever used in the first place? The reality is that waterboarding is known to be an effective technique, and like sleep deprivation, it really doesn't constitute torture as it is legally defined. So, you could argue that the multiple CIA reports of its effectiveness are lies, but that would contradict numerous other reports from many, many sources on the subject. You say McCain has a bias towards it because he experienced it but yet you say it is harmless....can you not recognize torture? Yes, waterboarding is harmless if properly applied; this is a known fact. Most people break within seconds, according to reports. And as pointed out earlier, it is a huge stretch to classify it as torture as there is no "intense pain and suffering" as required for such a classification. Even intense pain for 15 seconds probably doesn't qualify as "suffering". This is just one more case of the Left blowing something out of proportion. Nothing new.