Were you waterboarded?
Did you waterboard anyone?
I observed. So yes I saw it. Lasted about a minute. The type A individual that got selected from our POW group demonstrated very quickly how effective it was at getting people to comply. He would have taken physical beatings and not talked, but about 15 seconds of gasping for breath and he was ready to say whatever the instructors wanted him to say.
Oh, and that same individual was eating pizza with us that evening (no physical after effects) at the conclusion of our wee of training.