I believe that waterboarding crosses the line, the use of that tactic with regards to interrogations.
Leon Panetta: “I believe that waterboarding crosses the line, the use of that tactic with regards to interrogations.”
On the recordFebruary 14, 2011
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Panetta states his opposition to waterboarding as an interrogation method.
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