Clock is Ticking
Tick…Tick…Tick…BOOM! The ticking of America’s clocks stopped while the world stood still. A cloud of smoke and the screams of terror start rising. People are running away and running into the debris. America is being attacked and is now in a state of panic. News crews from around the country are flooding in showing the act of terrorism, and people from Hawaii and Maine can tell anyone exactly what they were doing on that fatal day. That fatal day was September 11th, 2001. The day that America finally realized we are not immortal.
America responded to the attack. Immediately congress gave the declaration of war. Boots hit the ground running, but were met by a bigger resistance than thought. After nearly a decade in Iraq America …show more content…
The more commonly accepted ones are the ones an individual sees on the typical NCIS TV show. This can result in hitting the detainee, and slamming them against the wall of the interrogation room. Another common torture tactic used is sleep deprivation. Sleep deprivation is making the suspect stay awake for long durations. Without sleep anyone understands the challenge it is to function with just a night without good sleep. Now being able to defend an alibi or cover up wrong doings becomes increasingly difficult. Although these are simple tactics an increasingly amount of torture is …show more content…
The United Nations also prohibited torture in 1984 and the United States own sixth amendment says no cruel and unusual punishment (ProQuest Staff 1). However these key laws have key loopholes. The sixth amendment is valid for only United States citizens, and the United Nations just prohibits torture. Even the sole laws protecting those captured can be reversed or worked around. Curt Goering discusses, “The next president could reverse the executive order, and torture becomes a policy rather than a legal matter” (A Strong Senate 1). This creates a loophole in the event that the new president this coming fall could reinstall the ability to
Tick…Tick…Tick…BOOM! The ticking of America’s clocks stopped while the world stood still. A cloud of smoke and the screams of terror start rising. People are running away and running into the debris. America is being attacked and is now in a state of panic. News crews from around the country are flooding in showing the act of terrorism, and people from Hawaii and Maine can tell anyone exactly what they were doing on that fatal day. That fatal day was September 11th, 2001. The day that America finally realized we are not immortal.
America responded to the attack. Immediately congress gave the declaration of war. Boots hit the ground running, but were met by a bigger resistance than thought. After nearly a decade in Iraq America …show more content…
The more commonly accepted ones are the ones an individual sees on the typical NCIS TV show. This can result in hitting the detainee, and slamming them against the wall of the interrogation room. Another common torture tactic used is sleep deprivation. Sleep deprivation is making the suspect stay awake for long durations. Without sleep anyone understands the challenge it is to function with just a night without good sleep. Now being able to defend an alibi or cover up wrong doings becomes increasingly difficult. Although these are simple tactics an increasingly amount of torture is …show more content…
The United Nations also prohibited torture in 1984 and the United States own sixth amendment says no cruel and unusual punishment (ProQuest Staff 1). However these key laws have key loopholes. The sixth amendment is valid for only United States citizens, and the United Nations just prohibits torture. Even the sole laws protecting those captured can be reversed or worked around. Curt Goering discusses, “The next president could reverse the executive order, and torture becomes a policy rather than a legal matter” (A Strong Senate 1). This creates a loophole in the event that the new president this coming fall could reinstall the ability to