CIA memos released in April 2009 (but issued in 2005) revealed that waterboarding was used much more frequently by the CIA than initially acknowledged.CBS News: Waterboarding More Frequent, Memos Suggest (April 20, 2009)

1. Waterboarding is a controversial method of interrogationCBS News: Waterboarding More Frequent, Memos Suggest (April 20, 2009)
2. Many believe that waterboarding is tortureCBS News: Waterboarding More Frequent, Memos Suggest (April 20, 2009)
3. Dates back to the 1500's CBS News: CBS News
4. Used in the Spanish Inquisition, World War II and the Vietnam War
5. Banned by U.S. Military in 2006
6. President Bush vetoed bill to ban practice in 2008
7. CIA has used this procedure since 2005

In February 2008, the U.S. Congress passed a bill to ban the practice, however President Bush vetoed the bill in March 2008.

Another poll asked whether the U.S. Government should be allowed to use the procedure to get information from suspected terrorists. 58 percent said no; 40 percent said yes. CNN: CNN