Interrogations

There are two rules for the conduct of war and interrogations: 1. Minimal destruction of property and loss of life with regards to the civilian population. 2. To make every action efficient in the manner that one would sooner end the war with such an action than prolong it. I advocate the use of torture that does not cause permanent physical harm; which includes waterboarding, forced stress positions, sleep deprivation, use of personal phobias, dogs, cold temperatures, or any other environmental

Blurred lines of Interrogation Interrogation, by definition is a “guilt-presumptive process…to extract a confession” (Leo, 2008, p. 9). Officials use interrogation techniques, legal and illegal, every day to elicit confessions. According to Yeschke (2004), extensive interrogation techniques were put in place in the late twentieth century because John Rawls believed it was necessary to have social rules to help the luckless. Rawls put individual rights ahead of the common good and believed that

U.S. Interrogation Methods This topic relating to the Death penalty crisis that is happening in the US has brought to attention the purpose of the constitution’s definition of ‘cruel and unusual’ punishment. To many US citizens, harsh interrogation methods on prisoners and war criminals has been believed to be one of the only methods to get confidential information from detainees when methods of negotiation and bargaining fail to convince the detainee. Not only is it in effect on US prisons with

On December 9, 2014, a 528 page document was released to the public known as the “CIA Torture Report”. It contains details of the CIA’s (Central Intelligence Agency) “enhanced” interrogation. The document, which is actually a summary of the 6,700 page report states that the United States, has been torturing its detainees in foreign countries in order to get confessions or answers from them. The many tactics used by the CIA include but not limited to, facial and abdominal slaps, rectal “feeding” and/or

Enhanced Interrogation [Name of the Writer] [Name of the Institution] Enhanced Interrogation Introduction Interrogation (also known as interpellation or questioning) is referred as interviewing. This activity is often executed by officers of military, police and intelligence agencies. The main objective of this questioning is to obtain the important information or extracting the declaration from the terrorist. It is often observed that, the areas of interrogation may include witnesses, victims

People are naturally independent thinkers and have opposing opinions that differ from other people’s opinions. The controversial topic of torture is one such subject in which people have differing views on. Torture, also known as enhanced interrogation or stress and duress techniques, is defined by the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhumane, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment as "any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally

harsh interrogation and if it is justified to act out in a harmful way towards the guilty. In the beginning of this article you were debriefed on the history of tortious interrogations that people used to endure in order to get information out of them. The author of this article ultimately believes that essentially people want to harm people who has hurt them and humiliate those who has made them feel vulnerable so possibly that is where people get the satisfaction of the severe interrogation. The

to act fairly. Although the Justice Department authorized questionable techniques used for intelligence collection and CIA agents ensured that professionals were present during interrogation sessions, a strong question of ethics used and how this was viewed in relation to crimes against human rights during the interrogation sessions has persisted for years as unanswerable. After extensive research for the final definitions decided upon for this paper, the lack of international and national consensus

One of the policies that I feel should be brought to light be interrogation standards and information sharing within the U.S. government. These standards are very important and very detrimental to the sanctity of the American populace. We will first look at the interrogation standards and dissect our current methods and then we will look at how our current agencies relay information to each other on the federal level. This is important because that was one of the main reasons there was so much chaos

Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, were used in previous administrations. The techniques were considered at the very least to be cruel and inhuman. Among these are attention strikes and stress positions. The techniques violate human rights as well as detainee rights. There are few serious arguments for the retention of enhanced interrogation. The most compelling is the "ticking time bomb theory." This theory is in fact based on logical fallacy. An executive order has banned the use of enhanced interrogation