'It's not torture.' Green Beret lets himself be waterboarded to support CIA nominee

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'It's not torture.' Green Beret lets himself be waterboarded to support CIA nominee
By Mark Price msprice@charlotteobserver.com

An active duty Green Beret allowed himself to be waterboarded on Facebook Live, in an effort to prove the interrogation method is not torture and should not be held against President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the CIA.

Tim Kennedy, who is also a mixed martial arts fighter, said the stunt is intended to show members of Congress are unfairly judging embattled CIA nominee Gina Haspel, who played a role in an overseas “black site prison” where "harsh interrogation" was used, reports USAToday.

Kennedy, 38, allowed a group of beer-drinking buddies to waterboard him for nearly 30 minutes on Friday, while they joked and laughed.

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