Waterboarding Then and Now

Waterboarding, that ancient torture that "DICK" Dick Cheney said is
a "No brainer" and seems proud as punch we're using it on our prisoners.

'The sensation of drowning, on dry land'
It began with a Cheney-style "dunking" so bad that his brain blocked
out the memory. He was told later by a witness that he was taken to
a bathroom with a big metal tub and his head was shoved under the
water again and again.

There was an interpreter present who would take Lomax's pulse
periodically to ensure he was still alive and available to endure
further agony.

Lomax was then tied down on a bench, even though his arms had
already been broken. The torturer came back with a hosepipe.

And this is waterboarding:

"He directed the full flow of the now-gushing pipe onto my nostrils
and mouth.… Water poured down my windpipe and throat and filled
my lungs and stomach. The torrent was unimaginably choking. This
is the sensation of drowning, on dry land, on a hot dry afternoon.
Your humanity bursts from within you as you gag and choke. I tried
very hard to will unconsciousness but no relief came."

The beating and the interrogation continued. "I had nothing to say:
I was beyond invention. So they turned on the tap again, and again
there was that nausea of rising water from inside my bodily cavity."
Found at Crooks and Liars.