An adaptation of this blog article by Malcolm Nance was published in today’s Atlanta Journal Constitution. Malcolm Nance is the author of “The Terrorists of Iraq – Inside the Strategy and Tactics of the Iraq Insurgency.” He is a counter-terrorism and terrorism intelligence consultant for the U.S. government’s Special Operations, Homeland Security and Intelligence agencies. He testified about 10 days ago at a House oversight hearing on torture and enhance interrogation techniques.
Mr. Malcolm makes a very strong and compelling argument that waterboarding is torture, "period". It would certainly be difficult to challenge his credentials on this matter.
http://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/2007/10/waterboarding-is-torture-perio/
Is there any situation where the United States should use this or other extreme interrogation techniques? I'm not prepared to say never, ever, ever. But it should be in the very rarest of occurrences where there is a dramatic and immediate danger, and only then with the direct approval of the President. No "plausible denial" allowed.
On a related note, given some of the recent discussions related to the confirmation of Attorney General Mukasey, the U.S. military just reaffirmed that waterboarding is absolutely prohibited by its services.
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