Eric Holder: 'waterboarding is torture'
Attorney General-appointee Eric Holder, in his ongoing confirmation hearing today, fielded a question about waterboarding from Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, then said, ``I agree with you that waterboarding is torture,'' CBS News reports.
Obama called waterboarding ``torture'' and said it was ``contrary to America's traditions'' during a news conference at the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.