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24 Apr 2009 04:38 pm
When America Executed Waterboarders For War Crimes
Paul Begala gets his facts straight:
After World War II, an international coalition convened to prosecute Japanese soldiers charged with torture. At the top of the list of techniques was water-based interrogation, known variously then as 'water cure,' 'water torture' and 'waterboarding,' according to the charging documents. It simulates drowning." Politifact went on to report, "A number of the Japanese soldiers convicted by American judges were hanged, while others received lengthy prison sentences or time in labor camps."
Now, waterboarders, according to John McCain's former spokesman, are American heroes.
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