Pelosi Enhanced Interrogation Case Study

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In this video we hear from the man who was in charge of interrogating the person who planned 9/11. Jose Rodriguez, CIA interrogator, tells about how Khalid Sheikh Mohammed would not give in to their interrogation so they used “enhanced interrogation techniques.” Waterboarding, giving the sensation of drowning, was used to try and break Mohammed. Little the they know it would take over 180 times of “being drowned” to finally speak up. Mohammed never thought he was going to die. He was allowed to sleep and drink ensure. Rodriguez thinks that all of the deprivation, waterboarding and manipulation finally cracked Mohammed. Rodriguez also ordered the destruction of the videos of the interrogation for the safety of the interrogators and their families.

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A new congressional report was released last week detailing the controversial CIA torture program during the years following the September 11 attacks on the twin towers. The report detailed several despicable ways detainees were treated at various CIA black sites, detainees endured waterboarding, sleep deprivation, confinements, rectal feeding and death from hypothermia. The most despicable aspect of the report was that psychiatrists, psychologist, and some physicians originated some of the torture techniques used by the CIA.

Foreign policy was a topic discussed in our class among many, but it was one of the most important ones because it became necessary to gather more information after the attack on 9/11. The United States foreign policy on enhanced interrogation is that it is permitted as long as it’s on non-American soil. Using extreme techniques for interrogation includes methods such as waterboarding and humiliation. Waterboarding involves pouring water over a

After the terrorist attacks on 9/11 CIA interrogation tactics were heighten to rapidly expedite the extraction of information that could lead to the interception of a future terrorist attacks. The Bush Administration was in control during this period of time. The 9/11 attack was significant enough to be the defining change of the twenty first century when it comes to global security. Terrorism violates human rights and constitutes a serious challenge for liberal democracies (Masferrer pg. 1). This subject runs a fine line between human rights and national/international laws. There were a lot of unknowns about how brutal the techniques were of the CIA. The agency also lied to the White House and congress about how intensive their techniques

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But then you must ask yourself, who controls the CIA? Are CIA employees aware what they are exerting is considered inhumane? In the year 1933, the first genocides began taking place under the command of Adolf Hitler. Now, almost a century later, there are still articles being released about how Nazi soldiers were being brainwashed into thinking killing people was right. That they were cleansing the world of evil. It was not realized, of course, until after the Holocaust ended. When they watched videos of all who died at their hands, and were in awe that they could perform such sinful acts. Maybe CIA agents are experiencing the same thing. Perhaps they think what they are executing is for the good of our country. The CIA’s affairs could substantially alter the world’s recognition of America. After the Holocaust ended, Germany was extremely embarrassed of what happened. In fact, they still are to this

An ethical dilemma that I have come across in my studies is rendition. Rendition in the context of governments means surrendering someone to another state where that person is accused or convicted in order to stand trial. (Fisher, 1406) Prior to the horrific events of 9/11, rendition wasn’t widely known, nor was it discussed a lot in any aspects. Since 9/11, there has been countless operations to find terrorists around the world, to prevent another attack from occurring. President Obama signed Executive Order 13491 to provide guidance on ensuring lawful interrogations were conducted by the US. In this order, it states that nothing should affect “the obligations of officers, employees, and other agents of the United States Government to comply with all pertinent laws and treaties of the United States governing detention and interrogation, including the Geneva Convention” (Whitehouse, 2009).

Memos from the Department of Defense called for the implementation of enhanced interrogation techniques to begin immediately and to be sure “these are carried out”, these were in accordance with the White House. All of President Bush’s closest cabinet members and national security advisers signed off on enhanced interrogation, believing that under the legal research conducted the techniques satisfied the legal standard as not being torture, (Bartz, 2006)

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The current policies on interrogation standards are per “Executive Order 13491—Ensuring Lawful Interrogations states on Sec. 2. Definitions. “Convention Against Torture, means the convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, December 10, 1984, 1465 U.N.T.S. 85, S. Treaty Doc. No. 100 20 (1988).” OBAMA 2009

This contains 20-hour enquired every day, over a duration of several months, and several other "modified interrogation techniques," which severely endangered his health. Variations of these techniques was then adopted by other prisoners in Guantánamo (and to Abu Ghraib), and in January 2009, just before George W. Bush tenure got over, Susan Crawford, a retired judge and a close friend of Dick Cheney and David Addington, who was recruited to overlook the military commissions at Guantánamo as the transferring authority, told Bob Woodward that she had denied to media charges against al-Qahtani, because, as she said, "We tortured Qahtani. His treatment met the legal definition of torture."

“A Case For Torture” is an essay written by Michael Levin in which he tries to make a compelling case for the use of torture as a punishment during specific situations in the United States. Levin cites different hypothetical situations in order to logically prove his argument. His use of theoretical instances is meant to help direct the reader to an understanding of the applications of his policy on torture. The examples he uses include a hypothetical terrorist attack on Manhattan and hospital robbery. But unfortunately, the examples Levin cites lack strength due to their inapplicability to the current world. Equally important, in today’s terrorist centered climate, there is no room for Levin’s position on torture. Michael Levin in “A Case For Torture” is not logically convincing in his discussion as to why torture is a valid form of punishment, because his assertions rely too heavily on the speculative, and are not contemporary enough for use in modern times.