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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owned care vs. used car‚ because pre owned sounds better to the buyer. The words pre owned and used have the same meanings‚ pre-owned sound better than used. A politician or military leader may claim that enhanced interrogation methods were used on an enemy combatant. Advanced interrogation methods sounds better than telling the public that torture may be used on enemy combatant. Identifying Rhetorical Devices Rhetorical devices are used in magazine articles‚ and the rhetorical devices in the articles
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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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Torturing Prisoners in the War on Terror Is Never Justified "Torturing Prisoners in the War on Terror Is Never Justified."At Issue: How Should the United States Treat Prisoners in the War on Terror?. Lauri S. Friedman. San Diego: Greenhaven Press‚ 2005. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale. Kenneth Roth‚ "Time to ’Stop Stress and Duress‚’" Washington Post‚ May 13‚ 2004‚ p. A29. Copyright © 2004 by the Washington Post Book World Service/Washington Post Writers Group. Reproduced by permission
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References: Bianchet‚ E. What Waterboarding Is. Retrieved September 21‚ 2009‚ from http://waterboarding.org/info Esposito‚ R‚ Ross‚ B. (2005‚ November 18). CIA’s Harsh Interrogation Techniques Described. Retrieved September 13‚ 2009‚ from http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Investigation/story?id=1322866 Hitchens‚ C. (2008‚ August). Believe Me‚ It’s Torture. Retrieved September 12‚ 2009‚ from http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/08/hitchens200808
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Air Force veteran‚ was picked to lead interrogation teams after the Abu Ghraib prison scandal. Before Alexander began interrogations in Iraq‚ interrogators used force to gain insight and information from detainees in Iraq. These approaches were unsuccessful and yielded little usable information. Alexander in his book notes how he used
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Documenting Torture: The Social Fate of Suffering Proposal for Dissertation Research Bishnu Pokhrel Introduction Torture is neither civilian nor military‚ nor is it specifically French; it is a plague infecting our whole era. – Jean-Paul Sartre Despite global monitoring efforts that reveal the systematic use of torture in democratic and authoritarian states (Peters 1986:160) and despite current controversies surrounding its use during America’s Global War on Terror‚ torture remains an
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Humans are being chained up‚ beaten down and interrogated day after day without mercy. Torture is a great issue globally today. Ill treatment is no longer effective to receive correct information in this day and age. People are losing their basic rights very often as a result to torture. Humans are treated like animals‚ when there are more sophisticated ways of getting information. Torture also causes a lot more problems than it fixes. Torture should not be justified because it is ineffective‚ inhumane
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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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Torturing Terrorists The threat of terrorism is a reality that most were oblivious to until the horrific day of September 11‚ 2001. Its’ images will forever be imprinted on the minds of the unfortunate ones who watched the tragic death of thousands. Many believe that the United States was ill prepared and ignorant of crucial information. What would happen if they had a terrorist who knew of the attack but would not talk? How far do you go to potentially save the lives of thousands? In critical
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