A man from Jefferson County, Montana has entered a plea agreement in a case in which he has been accused of waterboarding four children.
Waterboarding is a practice in which one person gives the other the feeling that they are drowning, by pouring water on their face while putting a cloth over their mouth and nose.
It has been banned for CIA troops who used it in Guantanamo Bay, Missoulian reports. While a cloth is used to obstruct the person's breathing in the army, Province used his hands to cover his two sons' face and mouth as he tried to teach them survival skills.
“Bill described it as a learning experience for them,” said a witness who walked in on him. He had reportedly applied the same practice with two other local boys.
Province had also made threats to a local school and the foster parent of one of his sons, according to the same witness' testimony.
“When he gets back on Wednesday, he is going to the school, the CPS office and the foster parent’s house and he will take care of everything and everyone,” he allegedly told the child.
While the witness indicated that he possessed assault rifles and armor-piercing ammunition, police could only find body armor on him.
He was initially charged with felony intimidation for making said threats, but the charge was dropped. In return for his admission of guilt in the simulated drowning case, a felony count of partner and family member assault was also dropped.
He was arrested at Helena Regional Airport in December, and has already served 80 days in jail. District Judge James B.
Wheelis awarded him a suspended sentence of 2 years in total, 180 days for every count for which he was found guilty.
source: softpedia
Not many may agree with me but in my opinion the most frightening part about the story is that no American should live with so much fear that they actually feel the need to train their kids how to outlast an interrogation from their OWN government!
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