Trump Defends Waterboarding: ‘I Have No Doubt That It Does Work’

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at Plymouth State University Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016, in Plymouth, N.H. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stood by his debate promise to bring back waterboarding as an interrogation technique during an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday.

Trump said he would “bring back a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding” during Saturday’s Republican presidential debate. Waterboarding is a form of torture and banned as a war crime.

“I’d go through a process and get it declassified frankly, and I would certainly, waterboarding at a minimum,” Trump told CNN’s Jake Tapper.

Trump said while it might not work always, but is still a useful interrogation technique.

“You can say what you want, I have no doubt that it does work in term of information and other things,” he said.

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  1. New law: Any form of “enhanced interrogation” to be used by America must first be cleared by subjecting the President, the SecDef, the CIA head, the Joint Chiefs, and the Clowngressional members of the Intelligence Committees to it first.

  2. “You can say what you want, I have no doubt that it does work in term of information and other things,” he said.

    Trump also announced his golf resort pro club shops will start selling Enzyte and deer antler spray.
  3. Darth Donnie obeys his Emperor former Darth Cheney…

  4. Avatar for imkmu3 imkmu3 says:

    Joseph Goebbels would have loved this guy. I know, I just went full Godwin on a Monday morning. Sometimes when the shit smells that bad, you’ve no choice but to call it what it is.

  5. Dubya: We all know it works. It gave us the sound reasoning to invade Iraq.
    Darth: Its also fun.
    Fox: Liberals, its not torture but Enhanced Interrogation Technique, fully approved by SCOTUS.

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