Following up on his comments on waterboarding before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the nomination of Judge Michael Mukasey to be Attorney General of the United States, Dean Hutson spoke to ABC's World News Tonight on the subject of waterboarding.

In its story on Friday about a Department of Justice lawyer who experienced waterboarding firsthand, ABC News turned to Dean Hutson on whether or not waterboarding is torture. Dean Hutson was unequivical:

"There is no question this is torture -- this is a technique by which an individual is strapped to a board, elevated by his feet and either dunked into water or water poured over his face over a towel or a blanket."

We hear that Dean Hutson will talk about the issue on Countdown with Keith Olberman tonight at 8 p.m. Eastern.