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From Water Torture to 'Waterboarding' On May 13, 2004, a novel euphemism was delivered into the public lexicon by anonymous "counterintelligence official" sources cited in a New York Times article. The piece reported the CIA had been using "a technique known as 'water boarding,' in which a prisoner is strapped down, forcibly pushed under water and made to believe he might drown." The technique was described by the Times as one of several "methods [that] simulate torture."

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From Water Torture to 'Waterboarding'

On May 13, 2004, a novel euphemism was delivered into the public lexicon by anonymous "counterintelligence official" sources cited in a New York Times article. The piece reported the CIA had been using "a technique known as 'water boarding,' in which a prisoner is strapped down, forcibly pushed under water and made to believe he might drown." The technique was described by the Times as one of several "methods [that] simulate torture."