"I can say that as long as I'm director of CIA, irrespective of what the president says, I'm not going to be the director of CIA that gives that order. CIA Director John Brennan attends a forum about ''CIA's strategy in the face of emerging challenges'' at The Brookings Institution in Washington, U.S. July 13, 2016. But his pledge to resign if ordered to revive waterboarding was his most emphatic affirmation of his position to date. Photo: Reuters/Carlos BarriaCIA Director John Brennan said on Wednesday he would resign if the next president ordered his agency to resume waterboarding suspected militants, an apparent reference to comments by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump embracing the banned interrogation method. Some former Bush administration and CIA officials have defended waterboarding and other EITs, denying they are torture and saying they elicited valuable intelligence.

Source: Thanhnien News July 13, 2016 22:18 UTC