WESTERLY, Rhode Island - A Rhode Island Democratic lawmaker says he'll donate $100 (NZD$164) to charity for every second former President George W. Bush withstands waterboarding.
State Rep. Rod Driver also included former Vice President Dick Cheney and ex-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in his offer. He sent letters to all three.
Bush's administration allowed the interrogation technique, which simulates drowning, to be used on terror suspects. Driver says that, if Bush is so confident it isn't torture, he should try it for himself. His offer was first reported Thursday in The Westerly Sun.
A spokesman for Bush didn't immediately return a call seeking comment.
Cheney has defended waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods, saying they yielded important information.
-AP
i think that its been a long held dream of servicemen that the leaders who put them in harms way should have to suffer the same privations as those on the ground.
american soldiers were waterboarded in world war two, and the japenese interogators were later tried for torture
i'd rather see cheney rather than bush waterboarded as i think that cheney was actually the giy in charge
sadly, i can't see any of them taking up the challenge
if they do, i hope its televised
Even more delicious - Cheney also approved stress positions and the apparently neutral remaining on their feet for hours at end. Cheney argued that he was on his feet 10 hours a day and surely prisoners could withstand that ... show us the colour of your money Cheney.
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