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Opponents of the practice call it "[[torture]]" and want official definitions of [[torture]] changed so as to outlaw the technique.<ref>http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/04/06/usdom13130.htm</ref> One of the most notable critics of waterboarding is [[GOP]] presidential candidate [[John McCain]]. Senator McCain does not believe that the United States practices the technique in the [[War on Terror]], and he believes that it is highly inappropriate and unnecessary. <ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/11/01/politics/main3441067.shtml</ref>

Opponents of the practice call it "[[torture]]" and want official definitions of [[torture]] changed so as to outlaw the technique.<ref>http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/04/06/usdom13130.htm</ref> One of the most notable critics of waterboarding is [[GOP]] presidential candidate [[John McCain]]. Senator McCain does not believe that the United States practices the technique in the [[War on Terror]], and he believes that it is highly inappropriate and unnecessary. <ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/11/01/politics/main3441067.shtml</ref>

Defenders of the practice deny that the suffering it causes is severe enough as to amount to torture.

Defenders of the practice deny that the suffering it causes is severe enough as to amount to torture, despite never having been subjected to the interrogation technique.

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