WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he is ok with torturing terrorists in order to "fight fire with fire."
"When ISIS is doing things that nobody has ever heard of since medieval times, would I feel strongly about waterboarding? As far as I am concerned we have to fight fire with fire," Trump said during an interview with U.S. TV network ABC.
Trump said he has recently met the senior intelligence officials who told him that torture "absolutely" works.
The ultimate decision whether to implement torture for suspected terrorists will be up to newly-appointed Defense Secretary James Mattis and Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo, Trump said.
"If they don't want to, that's fine. If they do want to, then I'll work for that end," Trump said.
Mattis has said previously that he did not believe torture would work.
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