Talk:Waterboarding interrogation techniques
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How about some historical context here?
There have been numerous articles in the NYT and elsewhere (mostly columnists, I guess) who put in the Teddy R. info, the Jap. war crime trials, etc. etc. I think that these ought to have a *large* part of the article.... Hayford Peirce 04:12, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
- PS - Plus, of course, its supposed origins with the Span. Inqu. Hayford Peirce 04:13, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
- See torture for the historical context. This deals with the specific use in interrogation, not in coercing false confessions or punishment. More links may be appropriate.
- In any event, the origin is called the "Dutch technique" among specialists and preceded the Spanish Inquisition.
- The specific context of this article may need more about its use in SERE training and why it was used there, but the Spanish Inquisition has very little to do with this article. Even in torture, I've been cautious, if partially for family-friendliness reasons, to focus less on the medieval tortures and those that do permanent physical damage.
- Not all coercive interrogation is torture and not all torture is for interrogation Howard C. Berkowitz 15:21, 25 June 2009 (UTC)