President-elect Donald Trump backs waterboarding and his pick for CIA director has called those who have done it "patriots" not "torturers." Yet a Trump administration faces steep legal and legislative hurdles to reinstate the interrogation practice that simulates drowning. The Arizona senator, who was beaten as a prisoner of war in Vietnam in the 1960s, adamantly opposes waterboarding. It's not clear if the review could result in changes allowing waterboarding or other harsh interrogation methods. Human rights advocates have long fought against any resumption of harsh interrogation techniques.

Source: Fox News November 22, 2016 19:55 UTC