White House defends interrogation method (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Wed, 02/06/2008 - 3:37pm

Demonstrator Maboud Ebrahimzadeh is held down during a simulation of waterboarding outside the Justice Department in Washington November 5, 2007.<br /><br />REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueAP - The White House on Wednesday defended the use of the interrogation technique known as waterboarding, saying it is legal — not torture as critics argue — and has saved American lives.

President Bush could authorize waterboarding for future terrorism suspects if certain criteria are met, a spokesman said.



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