[TAdams8591]

The toughest of al Qaeda's prisoners, Khalid Shiek Mohammed, held out 2 to 2 1/2 minutes before begging to confess.

He was the toughest of all the al Qaeda prisoners, not necessarily a leader. It also worked on the less tough and less important terrorists.

They're all people with the same gag reflexes and fear of drowning as everyone else, suicidal or not.

I suggest you do some reading up on the technique to understand the biology and psychology of how and why it works so well.

[George W. Bush]

They're all people with the same gag reflexes and fear of drowning as everyone else, suicidal or not.

The scenario was that a larger attack was imminent.

If Jihadi Joe knows he only has to hold out for two hours, all he has to do is let you dunk him once, then spew lies to misdirect you and make you stop the waterboarding and then later say he was tortured and deny any knowledge at all of his knowledge of the fourth attack.

Only if Jihadi Joe really wants to spill his guts will this work. It will not work against dedicated jihadis.