No doubt it's torture, says U.S. journalist after trying waterboarding "Then two or three levels of towel were placed on the outside of my face so I was completely oblivious to the outside world, couldn't hear or see anything and was wondering how I was going to carry on breathing … and then water began coming through the towel into my nostril and that was the situation."
A wet hand was also held over his face and breathing in caused the wet towel to cover his nose.
"It had the effect very rapidly of inducing a panic and gag reflex," Hitchens said. "It's almost impossible to avoid doing that, even though … you have some idea of what's coming and what's going on, your system overrides your brain in a sense and all you want to do is make sure you're not breathing water."
My favorite part from the graphic "Origins traced to the Spanish Inquisition". And we said we didn't know it was torture....
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