Cia Chief Details Waterboarding

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WASHINGTON (MCT) - The director of the Central Intelligence Agency acknowledged Tuesday that his agency had subjected three suspected al-Qaida terrorists to waterboarding but said the agency hadn't employed the tactic in almost five years.

News reports long have cited unidentified sources in claiming that the CIA had used waterboarding on suspected terrorists, but Gen. Michael Hayden's comments before a Senate committee were the first time that a Bush administration official had confirmed it publicly.

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Cia Chief Details Waterboarding

Hayden said waterboarding had been used on Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the alleged masterm...

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