What would you do if your country kept secrets from you. The C.I.A. torture report was a report that should have been released much early that it was. This report explained the horrendous actions the C.I.A. took to extract information from prisoners of war of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack. There are many reasons why this report should have been released, but the most prominent reasons are the sanction of those responsible for this torture, and the right for the American people to know what the government is conducting under their name. There are also reasons why the report should have been released.
The C.I.A. is usually known as a respectable organization but when it comes to the punishment of their own people they are not the most …show more content…
In the passage “Yes, the CIA torture report should have been released” written by Tom Keane for The Boston Globe it states “ Indeed, that’s the reason we have laws at both the federal and state levels that require government meetings be open and records made public. If we have a right to know why a restaurant was granted a liquor license, shouldn’t we also have a right to know how the CIA conducts its activities.” This piece of text is a perfect example as to why it should have been released. If we have the right to know what our army does, we get to decide whose president, and we live in a democratic country why can’t we know what our C.I.A. is doing? It’s an outrage that they think they can betray the people who fund and govern them. In the “Declaration of Independence” it states “That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, - that whenever any form of government becomes destructive at these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government.” This is a great example of how it is the people who govern. How the government cannot just do whatever they want without us …show more content…
In the article “Yes, the C.I.A. torture report should have been released” written by Tom Keane for “The Boston Globe” it states “foreign leaders have approached the government and said ‘you do this, this will cause violence and deaths’. Former C.I.A. head Michael Hayden similarly worried that, ‘this will be used by our enemies to motivate people to attack Americans in American facilities overseas.’ This explains how the report would inflame other countries to attack because of what we did to their people. In the article “Yes, the C.I.A. torture report should have been released” written by Tom Keane for “The Boston Globe” it explains “The report would be a bid PR hit on the United states. It would be embarrassing. It would hurt the stature of the nation on the worlds eyes.” If the report was not released, we would not face the shame from the other countries. We would be viewed as a stronger and more respectable
The C.I.A. is usually known as a respectable organization but when it comes to the punishment of their own people they are not the most …show more content…
In the passage “Yes, the CIA torture report should have been released” written by Tom Keane for The Boston Globe it states “ Indeed, that’s the reason we have laws at both the federal and state levels that require government meetings be open and records made public. If we have a right to know why a restaurant was granted a liquor license, shouldn’t we also have a right to know how the CIA conducts its activities.” This piece of text is a perfect example as to why it should have been released. If we have the right to know what our army does, we get to decide whose president, and we live in a democratic country why can’t we know what our C.I.A. is doing? It’s an outrage that they think they can betray the people who fund and govern them. In the “Declaration of Independence” it states “That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, - that whenever any form of government becomes destructive at these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government.” This is a great example of how it is the people who govern. How the government cannot just do whatever they want without us …show more content…
In the article “Yes, the C.I.A. torture report should have been released” written by Tom Keane for “The Boston Globe” it states “foreign leaders have approached the government and said ‘you do this, this will cause violence and deaths’. Former C.I.A. head Michael Hayden similarly worried that, ‘this will be used by our enemies to motivate people to attack Americans in American facilities overseas.’ This explains how the report would inflame other countries to attack because of what we did to their people. In the article “Yes, the C.I.A. torture report should have been released” written by Tom Keane for “The Boston Globe” it explains “The report would be a bid PR hit on the United states. It would be embarrassing. It would hurt the stature of the nation on the worlds eyes.” If the report was not released, we would not face the shame from the other countries. We would be viewed as a stronger and more respectable