The Bush administration strenuously defended so-called "enhanced interrogation techniques" like sleep deprivation to obtain information from detainees, and admitted to harsher treatment, like the simulated drowning technique called water boarding, that was used in the immediate aftermath of the September 11 terror attacks.

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Obama said he could not "disagree more" with proponents of so-called enhanced interrogation techniques such as waterboarding.

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Obama prohibited the use of so-called "enhanced interrogation techniques" such as waterboarding shortly after taking office in January.

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"The president of the United States signed an executive order doing away with enhanced interrogation techniques, " Gibbs told CNN.

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