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Christians, in plurality, tend to fall into the anti-EIT camp and are very skeptical about the program. Dr. David Gushee, a Christian ethicist and historian, wrote an article for Christianity Today entitled, “5 Reasons Torture is always wrong.” In this article, Gushee lays out five reasons why the Bible does not complement torture, specifically EITs. He begins with the argument that “torture violates the dignity of the human being.” Gushee cites Genesis 1:26-28 where all men are “created in the…

Eduardo Galeano, a Uruguayan journalist, once said “The purpose of torture is not getting information. It is spreading fear.” The novel Code Name Verity, by Elizabeth Wein, follows the story of Julie as she is captured and tortured by the Gestapo for sets of code and other information. She is forced to write down all of her experiences and information she knows about the England War Effort. In Code Name Verity, Elizabeth Wein gives the reader insight on how terribly the prisoners are treated,…

After the infamous September 11, 2001 attacks, the White House made torture its secret weapon in the war on terror. According to renowned history professor Alfred McCoy, Washington chose the CIA as the instrument used to fight against Al Qaeda. Surprisingly, Washington’s quick recourse to torture in the hunt for Al Qaeda replicated the same outcome of anger among the local population and alienation of the American people from the larger war effort first seen during the “dirty” Vietnam war…

The use of torture in the United States should not be justified. Torture is defined as intentionally causing physical, mental, emotional and psychological discomfort to the unwilling individual in order to gain information. This involves the employment of physical assault, administering mind-altering drugs, beatings, rape and all other behaviors that may most likely inflict heavy pain and bodily harm as well as affecting the mind of human beings. Personally, I am against the act of torture that…

What would you do if someone you knew brother/sister or child was being held hostage and the person that captured them won’t tell you where they are unless you give them $5,000,000? Well for one, I doubt if many people have that much money just sitting around. And secondly don’t think the criminal will tell you he/she is keeping your loved one if you just say please. According to Michael Levin’s “The Case for Torture” torturing the individual might be the best option to get information out of…

Regardless of the cuts (which may be reversed) made by the Obama Administration the reality is that the damage of the C.I.A. Detention and Interrogation Program is done. Hundreds have suffered under the program and the lasting psychological damage to many victims is severe and irreversible. Furthermore, the credibility of the C.I.A. to the American public and the U.S. government itself has been diminished because of their falsely reported information and excessive utilization of brutal…

mentioned a couple times now innocent people being captured and tortured by the CIA. The number of innocent people detained by the CIA is, at least, 26. That doesn’t sound terribly bad, but it has to be remembered that the CIA detained and held “enhanced interrogations” on 115 suspected terrorists. Twenty-six is nearly a fifth of the terrorists they captured, but somehow, it gets worse. Some of the suspected terrorists were informants for the US government. The Senate Intelligence Committee’s…

“He was put into isolation for 47 days when the interrogation team traveled, and during his next interrogation, the team used enhanced techniques, including waterboarding.”Jeremy Ashkenas, Fairfield, Keller, Volpe. The CIA hides information from the government and they hide their tactics about torturing. They justify themselves and they make sure that the public does not know about any of it. The novel 1984 talks about the Ministry of Love and how they torture and isolate the people. They…

There were no laws in the early 2000’s, like there are now, to hold back the Bush Administration from using EITs (enhanced interrogation) and there were actually some regulations supporting President Bush in his endeavors to find Osama Bin Laden through the use of EITs. The Military Commissions Act of 2006, for example, authorized the President to conduct military tribunals…

Visualize a scenario where the United States government receives information that a terrorist attack will occur in a major American city. The United States government acts quickly and identifies an individual who they believe has information regarding this expected attack. Is it then acceptable for the government to torture the suspect into revealing information? Can the dignity of one individual be violated in order to potentially save the lives of others? Many would believe that this type of…