Donald Trump on terrorism suspects: ‘They’ deserve waterboarding

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says the US should engage in much more aggressive interrogation techniques on terrorism suspects such as waterboarding as he continues to push a hard, albeit vague, line on national security after the Paris attacks.

Speaking to thousands at a packed Columbus, Ohio, rally, Trump said techniques practiced until late in the Bush administration and disavowed by current president Barack Obama should be brought back because they work.

That includes waterboarding, he said, a practice that simulates drowning. He said he would restore waterboarding “in a heartbeat” and approve more than that.