“At his confirmation hearing on Thursday, President Barack Obama’s nominee for CIA director refused to state whether or not waterboarding was a form of torture. When pressed by Democratic Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan, John Brennan said the simulated drowning technique should be banned. However, he repeatedly declined to label the practice torture.”
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/07/brennan-refuses-to-say-whether-waterboarding-is-torture/
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