JFK never authorized waterboarding. JReeves just pulled that out of his ass to make his argument sound more convincing.
Iriemon refuses to acknowledge that JFK authorized torture(defined by Iriemon) for his/her own foolish sake....
U.S. Army and CIA interrogation manuals - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
he first manual, "KUBARK Counterintelligence Interrogation," dated July 1963, is the source of much of the material in the second manual. KUBARK was a U.S. Central Intelligence Agency cryptonym for the CIA itself.[12] The cryptonym KUBARK appears in the title of a 1963 CIA document KUBARK Counterintelligence Interrogation which describes interrogation techniques, including, among other things, "coercive counterintelligence interrogation of resistant sources".
This is the oldest and most abusive manual, such as two references to the use of electric shock.[12]
Both manuals deal exclusively with interrogation. [13][14] Both manuals have an entire chapter devoted to "coercive techniques."
These manuals recommend arresting suspects early in the morning by surprise, blindfolding them, and stripping them naked. Suspects should be held incommunicado and should be deprived of any kind of normal routine in eating and sleeping. Interrogation rooms should be windowless, soundproof, dark and without toilets.