Believe Me, It's Torture: Politics & Power: vanityfair.com

But it's been well said that cowards die many times before their deaths, and it was difficult for me to completely forget the clause in the contract of indemnification that I had signed. This document (written by one who knew) stated revealingly:

Water boarding is a potentially dangerous activity in which the participant can receive serious and permanent (physical, emotional and psychological) injuries and even death, including injuries and death due to the respiratory and neurological systems of the body.

As the agreement went on to say, there would be safeguards provided during the water boarding process, however, these measures may fail and even if they work properly they may not prevent Hitchens from experiencing serious injury or death.

I remember a while ago Brendon and I were talking about how one of these days someone is going to try out waterboarding for themselves and make a video of it. Well, now it's been done. But what does this guy know? The White House has told us multiple times that this isn't torture. It's just a tough "enhanced interrogation technique." Yep.