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''"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>
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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."  
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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." According to one CIA officer, a prisoner being interrogated by this method was said to have "lasted" nearly two minutes before begging to be relieved. "This even impressed his interrogators."  
    
== Controversy ==
 
== Controversy ==
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