Hostages held in Syria, including recently-executed U.S. journalist James Foley, were waterboarded in captivity, reports The Washington Post.
James Foley was among the four who were waterboarded several times by Islamic State militants who appeared to model the technique on the CIA's use of waterboarding to interrogate suspected terrorists after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
Waterboarding often involves strapping a person down on a gurney or bench and pouring cold water over a cloth covering the face. It causes the sensation of drowning. "The wet cloth creates a barrier through which it is difficult — or in some cases not possible — to breathe," according to a Justice Department memo in May 2005 about the CIA's use of the technique.
Hey, at least they weren't tortured.
