Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) believes that waterboarding is an effective form of interrogation. One of the reasons cited was the breaking and successful waterboarding of Demi Moore’s character in G.I. Jane. Looking quickly over a few other movies, here are some other now known facts. Read More ›
Kids grow up into torturers so fast these days. I mean, I love Joan and her willingness to do anything, but this is a little 1984. View Media ›
Summer's not over until waterboarding gets turned into a seasonal toy! If we know our Georgie W., things are about to get a whole let wetter in Crawford. View Media ›
Conservative radio host, Erich “Mancow” Muller, had himself waterboarded during his Friday morning broadcast. He gives in after four seconds and concedes, reluctantly, that this is undeniably torture. Is Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity next? Watch Video ›
He said he would agree to be waterboarded, because it's totally not torture. Sign the petition if you want to try to hold him to that promise.
In a sparring match with Charles Grodin last night, Sean Hannity (jokingly?) offered to be waterboarded for charity. If someone set up a “Sean Hannity Waterboarding Booth” and charged any American who wanted to dunk him $5 a pop, we could pay for universal healthcare through 2200.
Secret British government documents apparently reveal some really horrible things Guantanamo Bay interrogators did to detainee Binyam Mohamed. So horrible that waterboarding was “very far down the list,” one British official said. Yikes.
NYC artist, Steve Powers is calling 50 lawyers to participate in a waterboarding experience he dubs an “experimental art event.” The event will be held this month in NYC, and will exclusively feature lawyers as participants given their ability to relate an experience in impartial terms. In undertaking this project, Powers seeks to blur the lines that define fun, fright, and torture as understood in the context of an amusement park ride (the event will likely be held at Coney Island). Sounds to me like this guy might have a little bit of masochist in him, huh? Read More ›
