Waterboarding.

[sadisticorange]

Sounds like such a happy, playful word, conjuring smells of salt air and decaying crab legs, laughter, sand between the toes, the overpowering cacophonous symphony of waves crashing on the shore. That's what I thought of the first time I glanced at a headline bearing the term

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[lezbianthezbian]

Even if it was defined as torture is would be legal to do under the military commissions act. The military commissions act takes away all of your rights (including haebius corpus and not being tortured and the right to a speedy trial and lawyer) if you're suspected of aiding terrorists.

[sadisticorange]

yeah, but it'd be harder to continue claiming we're the good guys...