Das bedeutet wohl, dass es öfter passiert ist...
CIA head Michael Hayden told Congress it had only been used on three people, and not for the past five years. He said the technique had been used on high-profile al-Qaeda detainees including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
Waterboarding, condemned as torture by rights groups and many governments, is an interrogation method that puts the the detainee in fear of drowning.
Congress has been debating banning the use of waterboarding by the CIA.
President Bush has threatened to veto such a bill.
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