CIA chief names 3 subjected to waterboarding

"It was used on Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. It was used on Abu Zubayda, and it was used on [Abd al-Rahim] al-Nashiri," CIA Director Michael Hayden told a Senate hearing.

Waterboarding involves strapping a person to a surface, covering his face with cloth and pouring water on the face to imitate the sensation of drowning. Critics have called it torture.

"The CIA has not used waterboarding for almost five years. We used it against these three high-valued detainees because of the circumstances of the time," Hayden said.

Why is it news when the US does things like this. Most countries subject prisoners to torture. The US shouldn't the only one required to play by the rules. I say give back what we get.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/05/terror.threat/index.html