Is Waterboarding Torture?

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 31, 2010
Will waterboarding sink the Mukasey nomination? By refusing to declare the technique illegal, Bush’s attorney general nominee has put himself in a tricky legal position. For counterterrorism consultant Malcolm Nance, the issue is much clearer: waterboarding is torture. How does Nance know? He’s done it. Also, Shaun Powell on how blacks lose out in sports.

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