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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that you are questioned of‚ these same people that took you are now using “enhanced interrogation techniques” upon you. These “enhanced interrogation techniques” include being hit‚ having screwdrivers that have been put under fire jabbed into your leg‚ waterboarding‚ threats to your life and your families’ lives‚ and many other things. What is being done is not interrogation. It is torture masquerading as interrogation. It is my belief that in the United States torture should have a more definite and
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Intelligence Agency put in place “advanced interrogation techniques” under the Bush Administration after the occurrence of 9/11. These techniques can easily be viewed as a form of torture. A citizen of the United States often agrees with the CIA’s interrogation techniques‚ however‚ one is often under assumption that the CIA has the right detainee in prison‚ the detainee has the vital information to give regarding terrorist plots‚ and that the interrogation is under strict regulation and not out of
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branch is taking the necessary precautions to stay safe. With the Obama Administration’s war on terror‚ the executive branch is taking the necessary precautions to keep the nation safe with drone attacks‚ warrantless wiretapping‚ and advanced interrogation techniques. [Drone essay Ms. Devine has done] Wireless wiretapping also keeps the peace of the United States. As Steven G. Bradbury states in the pro CQR Essay about wiretapping‚ “taking precautions‚ such as wiretapping‚ helps keep America from
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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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Warren Ellis’s grim graphic novel Fell‚ Part 5‚ revolves around the interrogation of a suspected murderer Michael Connah by Detective Fell. Connah barely speaks during the interrogation‚ his guilt or innocence can only be inferred by his reaction to Fell’s insistent questions and accusations that escalate into violence with a hidden gun. Fell’s interrogation tactic involves exposing Connah insecurities by building a case of possible motives to explain a string of grisly murders of couples in proximity
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At a time where advanced technological innovations such as smartphones had recently been invented‚ research condoned by political journalist‚ Gary Bauer‚ recalled “A 2009 poll of registered voters [where] ... [‚ 52%‚ thought] using harsh interrogation techniques on captured and suspect terrorists [kept] them safe by preventing and thwarting terrorist plots” (27). Government officials‚ in particular‚ tend to refer to such media as a justification for using torture. U.S. Supreme Court Justice
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military opposing torture as an interrogation method. One of the five statistics presented in this survey is that 56.66% agree that they should. Without the doubt this proves that the American public is most definitely against the acts of torture. This is not an entirely credible source as
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2001‚ supporters of using various methods of torture during the interrogation process observed a central argument to prove their case. For example‚ if America’s security becomes unfortunately at risk of another terrorists attack‚ the nation could potentially protect Americans by implementing various methods of torture to only not question terrorists’ against their willpower.
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