Follow BeltwayBlips on TwitterCIA first proposed waterboard in May 2002 (AP)
Published 4/22/2009 at Yahoo! News: Politics News
AP - A new document indicates the CIA first proposed waterboarding alleged al-Qaida terrorist Abu Zubaydah to top Bush administration officials in mid-May 2002, three months before the Justice Department approved the interrogation technique in a secret legal opinion.
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