Claim: The United States "decided waterboarding was torture back when we court-martialed American soldiers for waterboarding Philippine insurgents in the Philippine revolution."
Fact-check: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse says U.S. soldiers have been court-martialed for waterboarding
Verdict: true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: C. Eugene Emery Jr.
Date published: 2014-12-23T00:00:00