Wait…..I thought we didn’t torture? How can they stop doing something they weren’t doing in the first place?

The controversial interrogation technique known as water-boarding, in which a suspect has water poured over his mouth and nose to stimulate a drowning reflex, has been banned by CIA director Gen. Michael Hayden, current and former CIA officials tell ABCNews.com. (Image above is an ABC News graphic.)

The officials say Hayden made the decision at the recommendation of his deputy, Steve Kappes, and received approval from the White House to remove water-boarding from the list of approved interrogation techniques first authorized by a presidential finding in 2002.

The officials say the decision was made sometime last year but has never been publicly disclosed.

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We Don’t Want the Enemy to Adjust…… Remember this interview? If I had been Matt Lauer I would have taken Bush’s finger, twisted it off his hand and shoved it up where the sun don’t shine. What a jerk.