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Panetta: Waterboarding is torture

 

Published 2/5/2009 at L.A. Times - Politics

The nominee to head the CIA forcefully denounces the interrogation technique during a Senate confirmation hearing. Panetta could be confirmed as early as this week. > Leon E. Panetta, President Obama's pick to head the CIA, testified today that he believes the harsh interrogation technique known as waterboarding is torture and vowed to end an era in which the CIA's conduct became source of controversy in the United States and drew condemnation around the world. (link)

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