Associated Press - May 21, 2009 4:45 PM ET

WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island lawmaker says he'll donate $100 to charity for every second former President George W. Bush withstands waterboarding, an interrogation technique his administration used on some terror suspects.

Rep. Rod Driver, a Democrat, also included former Vice President Dick Cheney and ex-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in his offer. He sent letters to all three.

Driver said that if Bush is so confident that waterboarding, which simulates drowning, is not torture, he should try it for himself while being videotaped. His offer was first reported Thursday in The Westerly Sun.

A spokesman for Bush did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

Cheney has defended waterboarding and other interrogation methods used against suspected terrorists, saying they yielded specific information critical to combatting would-be attackers.

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