inhumane‚ and excessive. In the movie‚ Zero Dark Thirty‚ directed by Kathryn Bigelow‚ it was mainly used for interrogations to obtain information from the detainees about certain people. In the film‚ there are many scenes that display the superficial layers of enhanced interrogation and gives the viewers an automatic response that torture is bad. While many viewers see that enhanced interrogation has many bad aspects‚ did they ever wonder about the good ones? How it helped to save many lives? How it
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In 2001‚ Mohammed al Qahtani was captured by the U.S Force in Afghanistan. After being accused of being the 20th hijacker in the 9/11 attack by the White House‚ he was transferred to Guantanamo Bay‚ where he was subjected to extremely inhumane interrogation techniques that traumatized and degraded him brutally. For example‚ he was told that “a dog [was] held in higher esteem” than he was. The interrogators then taught him “lessons such as stay‚ come and bark” in order to “elevate his social status
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militant terrorist organizations. Groups including the Taliban and primarily Al-Qaeda have been part of an ongoing violent conflict in the Middle East. Throughout these struggles with terrorists‚ the United States have employed various methods of interrogation and intelligence gathering which have included the torturing of prisoners overseas. While this practice was and still is today widely considered to be exceedingly deplorable‚ it has shown some advantages‚ none of which justify the means. According
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decisions. The consequences of these decisions would shape the country from that day forward. However‚ there was one decision that made the rest infinitely simpler by providing information to key government officials. That was the decision to use Enhanced Interrogation Techniques (EITs) on those detained as suspected terrorists. EITs take many forms such as waterboarding‚ forced stress positions‚ and humiliation‚ and these EITs made it possible for members of congress‚ the armed services‚ and even the President
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Cited: “2010 Complete Election Coverage: Should America Torture?” Should America Torture? N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2013. Cheney‚ Richard B. "Enhanced Interrogation Helps Keep America Safe." Presidential Powers. Greenhouse Press. Detroit‚ MI. 2010‚ n.d. Web. Cox‚ Larry. "CIA Agents Used Torture And Should Be Prosecuted." Opposing View Points. Greenhouse Press. N.p.‚ 2011. Web. "Statistics On Torture." PapBlog
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and went against all the torture laws‚ and fought hard to change the way torture was executed. Once the September 11 attack happened‚ people forgot about human rights because they were fearful of another attack‚ so they continued the use of enhanced interrogation techniques. Torture was used because people believed it to be an effective way to extract information from a captive suspect. The United States police mentality and parents cause children to think that torture is justifiable.
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The backstory. The inspector general of the CIA last month released a 2004 report on the interrogation of Al Qaeda suspects. As my colleague Mark Hosenball reported‚ it and other internal documents (which Cheney called on the CIA to release‚ believing they would back his claim) do not show that torture worked. In fact‚ The New York Times reported‚ the documents "do not refer to any specific interrogation methods and do not assess their effectiveness." Scientists do not pretend to know‚ in any
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Imagine‚ you have a terrorist in custody‚ and this terrorist knows the location of a bomb that will detonate and end thousands of American lives‚ is it ethically justified to torture this terrorist in order to obtain the critical intelligence needed to locate and disarm the bomb‚ saving thousands of lives? This is a scenario called the ticking time bomb scenario‚ it may be an extreme scenario‚ but none the less‚ it is possible‚ would you let ethics get in the way of saving those people’s lives?
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According to Merriam-Webster.com‚ “Torture is defined as the act of causing severe physical pain as a form of punishment or as a way to force someone to do or say something.” While torture is widely criticized by the United Nations and Amnesty International‚ organizations that are supposedly for the progression of human rights‚ there is no denying that the United States‚ in compliance with the Central Intelligence Agency‚ has received valuable intel from the use of torture. Torture is sometimes a
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future horrific events: torture. If deemed necessary to ensure our nation’s national security‚ it is not only permissible‚ but also advisable that our country should exercise torture on prisoners who withhold valuable information. Using “enhanced interrogation techniques”‚ such as torture‚ on detainees in times of crisis not only gives our country a better chance at extracting valuable information‚ but also allows information to be obtained in a more timely manner. A prime example of when torture
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