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According to the same sources, CIA officers who submitted to the technique in training lasted an average of 14 seconds before "surrendering." In a radio interview in October 2006, US Vice President [[Dick Cheney]] confirmed that waterboarding had been used in the interrogation of senior [[Al-Qaeda]] suspects, but denied that the technique amounted to [[torture]]. <ref>[http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1026/dailyUpdate.html]</ref>
According to the same sources, CIA officers who submitted to the technique in training lasted an average of 14 seconds before "surrendering." In a radio interview in October 2006, US Vice President [[Dick Cheney]] confirmed that waterboarding had been used in the interrogation of senior [[Al-Qaeda]] suspects, but denied that the technique amounted to [[torture]]. <ref>[http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1026/dailyUpdate.html]</ref>
== Controversy ==
Opponents of the US use of the technique call it "torture" and want official definitons of [[torture]] changed so as to outlaw the technique. Top US officials say the technique is not "torture" and rebuffed attempts to reclassify or ban it.
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