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- noun Plural form of
waterboarding .
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Examples
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In the end the multiple waterboardings of Abu Zubaydah provided no specific leads on any plots, although clearly his role as an al-Qaeda logistician did give him insights into the organization and its personnel.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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In the end the multiple waterboardings of Abu Zubaydah provided no specific leads on any plots, although clearly his role as an al-Qaeda logistician did give him insights into the organization and its personnel.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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But they broke him, with beatings, suspension from a ceiling, sleep deprivation, and 83 waterboardings.
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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KSM, for months before the waterboardings mocked his interrogators.
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In the end the multiple waterboardings of Abu Zubaydah provided no specific leads on any plots, although clearly his role as an al-Qaeda logistician did give him insights into the organization and its personnel.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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If OIG viewed a tape showing 183 waterboardings, how does that demonstrate that another tape with another 183 waterboardings was not destroyed before they had a chance to seeit?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Lawyers, Treason, and Deception: A Response to Andrew McCarthy 2010
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In the end the multiple waterboardings of Abu Zubaydah provided no specific leads on any plots, although clearly his role as an al-Qaeda logistician did give him insights into the organization and its personnel.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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After 183 waterboardings and other enhanced techniques, he became a treasure trove of information that led to many additional captures and killings of terrorists.
Cheney wrong on interrogation inquiry facts, Obama official says 2009
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If OIG viewed a tape showing 183 waterboardings, how does that demonstrate that another tape with another 183 waterboardings was not destroyed before they had a chance to seeit?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Lawyers, Treason, and Deception: A Response to Andrew McCarthy 2010
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It only took 30 waterboardings to get the student helping me with my paper to say, “Yes we can.”
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