Christopher Hitchens Believe Me Its Torture (2008)

When the renowned author orator and journalist Christopher Hitchens was challenged to undergo the brutal interrogation technique known as waterboarding few wouldve expected hed accept such a task he had previously expressed the position that the controversial procedure would not qualify as torture and most whod claim such a thing would not have the courage to test their convictions Yet in May 2007 Hitchens did just that and his experience profoundly impacted both himself and his stance on the matter prompting him to declare hed been wrong and later to publish his 2008 article for Vanity Fairs August issue simply titled Believe Me Its Torture