Posted AT 10:23 PM EST on 27/10/06
White House on defensive over 'water boarding' remark
WASHINGTON — U.S. President George W. Bush said Friday the United States does not torture prisoners, commenting after vice-president Dick Cheney embraced the suggestion that a dunk in water might be useful to get terrorist suspects to talk.
Human rights groups complained that Mr. Cheney's words amounted to an endorsement of a torture technique known as “water boarding,” in which the victim believes he is about to drown.
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