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Christopher Hitchens, the Brit journalist who has made a name for himself in the States, not least by supporting the invasion of Iraq, decided to submit himself to waterboarding to test whether it amounts to torture. Just a couple of seconds after undergoing the CIA's controversial interrogation technique, he decided it was.
In a Vanity Fair article, Believe me, it's torture, Hitchens writes about his experience. In an unnamed rural area in North Carolina, agents put a hood over his head, bound his feet, cuffed his hands to a belt, and strapped him to a wooden board positioned with his head lower than his heart.
A towel was draped over his face and the agents began pouring water on to it for several seconds before Hitchens signalled them to stop.
It's an excellent article and both his friends and detractors will doubtless enjoy this video.
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