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'''Waterboarding''' is a [[coercive interrogation]] technique, dating back to the time of the Italian Inquisition in the 1500s. <ref>[http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/Investigation/story?id=1356870]</ref> CIA sources describe the technique thus:

'''Waterboarding''' is a [[coercive interrogation]] technique, dating back to the time of the Italian Inquisition in the 1500s. <ref>[http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/Investigation/story?id=1356870]</ref> CIA sources describe the technique thus:

 

''"The prisoner is bound to an inclined board, feet raised and head slightly below the feet. Cellophane is wrapped over the prisoner's face and water is poured over him. Unavoidably, the gag reflex kicks in and a terrifying fear of drowning leads to almost instant pleas to bring the treatment to a halt."'' <ref>[http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/print?id=1322866]</ref>

''"The prisoner is bound to an inclined board, feet raised and head slightly below the feet. Cellophane is wrapped over the prisoner's face and water is poured over him. Unavoidably, the gag reflex kicks in and a terrifying fear of drowning leads to almost instant pleas to bring the treatment to a halt."'' <ref>[http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/print?id=1322866]</ref>