Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. December 12, 2007. Conservatives have repeatedly tried to dismiss the seriousness of waterboarding, referring to it as a “swim lesson.”
Faiz Shakir, Think Progress AlterNet: Video. December 11, 2007. Faiz Shakir: "We don't need enhanced techniques to get that nugget of information," he said in an interview with Matt Lauer.
Lindsay Beyerstein, Majikthise AlterNet: PEEK. December 11, 2007. Lindsay Beyerstein: The filmmakers have hired the retired CIA agent who helped waterboard Abu Zubaydah.