Translations for „waterboarding“ in the English » German Dictionary

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waterboarding (form of torture)

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Either way, my fingerprints will save me from detention and waterboarding.

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Waterboarding was employed to cause both physical and psychological pain; however, victims found that the mental suffering they endured was far worse than the physical pain.

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The memo also outlined the amount of waterboarding applications a detainee could be subjected to.

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The most cited argument for using waterboarding is that it is an effective method for forcing people to provide information which they would otherwise withhold.

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So that's the same as the sensation that goes with waterboarding.

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Waterboarding is designed to overcome the will of the individual by causing physical and psychological suffering.

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The interrogators believed the waterboarding was unnecessary.

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Details from the memos also included the number of times that techniques such as waterboarding were used.

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And then, some of -- and they did show some of the techniques like waterboarding.

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What he did was manage to stretch seven minutes of stage time into what felt like 36 hours of aural waterboarding.

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