Weston Thompson 00555484 POLI:3505:0EXW Fall14 Politics of Terrorism Final Was the CIAs Enhanced Interrogation Techniques (EITs)‚ as a counter-terrorism strategy‚ effective? In 2002‚ the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks‚ the Department of Justice approved the CIAs request to perform what it called Enhanced Interrogation Techniques (EITs). There were ten techniques in total‚ they are: attention grasp‚ cramped confinement‚ cramped confinement “with an insect”‚ facial hold‚ facial slap‚ sleep deprivation
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INTERROGATIONS Abu Ghraib‚ Iraq & Guantanamo Bay‚ Cuba Prepared By: Veronica Mihajlovic Diana Sellars Aaron Wilson GM520 Legal‚ Political‚ and Ethical Dimensions of Business Table of Contents Introduction 1 United States Constitution 1 Geneva Convention 2 Third Convention 3 Enemy Prisoner of War 3 Retained Personnel 3 Fourth Convention 3 Protected Persons 3 Guantanamo Bay 4 Memorandums 5 Abu Ghraib 6 Uniform Code of Military Justice 9 Conspiracy 9 Cruelty and
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false evidence that proves their guilt and presents it as an incontrovertible fact‚ some suspects will internalize the belief that they actually did commit the crime without awareness (Wynbrandt‚ 2016). One study found that 90% of the observed interrogations‚ interrogators presented the suspect with evidence that they were guilty (Janda‚ 2015). In addition‚ interrogators are trained to express unwavering confidence that the suspect is guilty and to refuse to listen to any explanations or alibis.
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responses and non-verbal behaviour. However the strategic use of evidence (SUE) technique has said to improve the accuracy of detection of deception upon these other method’s. This technique looks at the strategy of providing evidence at the end of an interrogation process or vagely hinting at the evidence. The use of this technique has many strengths however also indures limitations‚ therefore further research has seen improvements been made to this technique. Various methods are used to assist in the detection
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confessions are a reality. Why would an innocent person confess to a crime that she did not commit? Are personal factors‚ such as age‚ education‚ and mental state‚ the primary reason for a suspect to confess? Are law enforcement officers and their interrogation techniques to blame for eliciting false confessions? Regardless of the stimuli that lead to false confessions‚ society and the justice system need to find a solution to prevent the subsequent aftermath. In the adversarial justice system‚ when
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treatment of any prisoners in U.S. custody. The Bush administration believes that interrogators are acting lawfully‚ gaining useful information to help win the war against al Qaeda and will continue to press detainees for leads. The controversial interrogation technique known as water boarding‚ in which a suspect has water poured over his mouth and nose to stimulate a drowning reflex‚ has been banned by CIA director Gen. Michael Hayden. Human rights groups and a number of leading U.S. officials have
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using some rather influential interrogation tactics over the years‚ so that may peer in to the twisted mind of these individuals to hopefully provide some understanding on why they do the things they do‚ and it is within minds that we see how they work; their motives‚ reasoning‚ how they prepare themselves to take on such gruesome acts. Interrogation describes the art of convincing an individual to give up information that is perceived to be withheld. Interrogation is commonly employed by law enforcement
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the text in various explanations as to why confessions can be tampered with: the puzzle of false confessions‚ contaminated false confessions‚ law enforcement practices‚ corroborated and nonpublic facts‚ denying disclosing facts‚ recorded false interrogations‚ and inconsistent facts (Garrett‚ 2011). In the case of Jeffery Deskovic’s false confession the police officers gave him facts that were explicit to the case and despite the DNA evidence that was pointing to someone else committing the crime‚
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13. Which aspect of police interrogation procedures do you consider to be most troublesome or problematic? Why? Support your position with evidence I believe the aspect of police interrogations that is most troublesome is the coercive aspect. The reason I believe this is a serious problem is some interviewees are more susceptible to giving false confessions than others‚ even under the slightest pressure from police. Children‚ teenagers‚ the mentally handicapped‚ drug users‚ and people with psychological
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worsened by conditions within the suspects’ police interrogation. A confession is arguably one of the most valuable and convincing forms of evidence. Thus‚ it is important to understand what influences suspects to confess to crimes they do not commit. In the two experiments conducted‚ factors that could influence the likelihood of a suspect to overlook the distal consequences in their decision to confess or not were: the duration of the interrogation‚ the perceived severity of the crime committed‚ and
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