impending attacks on the homeland‚ the US government authorized “enhanced interrogations‚” as Dick Cheney calls them‚ on high profile terrorists to gain information (Cheney). This decision has caused uproar in the nation prompting people to debate where the line between necessary for national security and morality should be drawn. In April of 2009‚ Cheney released an article describing why he believed that these interrogations were necessary. Throughout the article‚ he incorporated numerous facts and
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an important meeting to get to‚ and as I’m sure you know‚ I’m a very important man.’ Eliza looked at the man’s smug face in distaste. ‘Yes‚ I am well aware of your social status‚ Mr. Miller. As for the reason regarding your presence in this interrogation‚
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John Stuart Mill’s Viewpoint on Interrogation and Torture In the world today there have been many controversial topics including topics such as euthanasia‚ the death penalty and gay marriage. One that has always stood out in particular is the controversy over torture and interrogation techniques for terrorists in US custody . Ethically you can argue for or against these torture and interrogation techniques but what would John Stuart Mill’s viewpoint be on this highly debated topic? Before we
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Int. police precinct - interrogation room #1 - night Keith walks in and shuts the door slowly. KeiTH Jacob‚ I’m Detective Keith. I hope my colleagues have been treating you fair. Keith sits across from Jacob‚ who has bruises all over his face and stitches on his chin. Jacob only focuses at the table in-between them. KEITH Do you need to go back to the hospital? Jacob looks to Keith and puts his hands on the table. Keith goes over the rap sheet. KEITH Last year you got charged with drug possession
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The Interrogation of John Wilkes Booth “Why did you do it‚ Booth?‚” I asked him. “Kill the president? I did it because he was determined to overthrow the Constitution because he was against slavery. He was going to take down the base of the economy in the South‚” he said in a angry tone. “So killing Lincoln was the best option? There was no other way to ultimately stop him from taking down slavery as a whole?” “Kidnapping was a primary option‚ where we-” “We?” I interrupted in the middle of
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your five brothers” (Kumin). As stated above‚ Maxine Kumin describes a significant military interrogation technique in his poem “Waterboarding.” The US is constantly trying to combat war with terrorists and stay several steps ahead of their cruel plans. Winning wars is not only about a strong defense. A strong offense is also key to succeed. The central focus of the offensive strategy is to
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Enhanced interrogation due to the war on terrorism from iraq was ineffective because these techniques would lead to the United States losing ties with certain nations‚ it led to possible retaliation of other nations‚ and Obama to make the Detainee Treatment Act. The thin line between right and wrong is stretched on the issue of enhanced terrorism as a tool to stop the war on terrorism‚ but at what cost is the United States government willing to go‚ sacrificing the welling being of americans‚ and
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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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said it was so. There are no such things as “enhanced interrogation methods.” That is the euphemism the Bush administration used in 2002 when they were redefining torture so the president could authorize it. There is never an excuse to torture a person‚ not even during war. It undermines our cause‚ endangers our soldiers on the battlefield by encouraging reciprocity‚ and it breeds more enemies of the United States than coercive interrogation methods will ever allow us to capture.
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Torture is the act of inflicting physical and psychological pain. The three main purposes that Democratic governments use torture are to intimidate‚ to coerce false confessions‚ and to gather accurate security information. Torture is not only a method that has been used in countries notorious for corrupt government dictatorships such as Russia‚ Japan‚ and Germany but has also been prevalent in democracies. The use of torture in democracy is a shame‚ not only do secret CIA kidnappings‚ and the indefinite
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