Photographic techniques

“We tortured some folks.” Barack Obama, President of the United States, said in response to the release of the CIA torture report when he addressed post-9/11 America. Senator Dianne Feinstein accused the CIA of spying on the Senate’s intelligence committee. John Brennan, director of the CIA, denied that accusation. However, an investigation brought forth the truth; the CIA had penetrated a computer network used by the Senate Intelligence Committee and found that the Senate was preparing a report…

to downplay the brutality of the technique and claimed that it had saved British lives (Siddique & McGreal). The British went further, confirming that they share in President Obama's position that waterboarding indeed constitutes torture (Siddique & McGreal). In addition, former Republican presidential nominee, Senator John McCain, who was subjected to torture techniques as a soldier in Vietnam, has long professed that waterboarding is a “horrible torture technique” and a “terrible and odious…

pain. Sleep deprivation was used as an interrogating technique in which the victims were kept awake for several days standing or with hands retrained above their heads until the victims were forced to tell the truth or even lie to make the pain stop. According to United States Senate Committee on the interrogation program reported that “the most enhanced interrogation technique used in this program is sleep deprivation.” This means that this technique was the most popular for the government in…

Interview Questions Research interviews take place when there are two or more people. These people have a conversation and the conversation has a purpose. The purpose is based on the topic that the interviewer wants to discuss which is based on the purpose or the topic of the research. The interviewer has to establish trust with the respondent. The respondent has to agree to answer the questions and listen to what the interviewer is asking. Interviews are separated by types which include…

Torture has been the focus of ethical debate for quite some time. Many people have very different, opposing thoughts on whether it is alright to torture somebody or not. Whether it be torturing for information to save lives or punishment, the morals of have been discussed. Two schools of thought with differing views would be Human Rights advocates and the Consequentialists. A Human Rights advocate would suggest that torture is a cruel, unreliable method for retrieving information while a…

So what could Americans or their government say if torture were to be used against our own military? What would be the rationale for why it’s wrong? The excuse of the ticking time bomb may not work for those countries or groups that would seek to use torture against us, but there will always be another equally plausible excuse for torture, even if that excuse is simply the need for information that might save their people. And therein lies the difficulty of using torture against others, even…

Osama Bin Laden was found because of torture on terrorist subjects associated with him, yet many Americans are still in opposition of this strategy that captured the most dangerous man in the world just a few years ago. The effective use of maltreatment to avert a probable threat against the U.S. (terrorism) is often undermined because of its immorality in the perception of society. This maltreatment is often referred to as torture. This horrid or brutally immoral tactic term is loathed by many…

instance, she was comfortable speaking about the sensitive topic. I communicated effectively with the interviewee. I think having pre-selected questions was helpful with helping the conversation flow naturally. I also applied motivational interviewing techniques during the interview. For instance, I maintain good posture and open body language. I did a job of summarizing at the end of the interview as well. What will you do differently next interview(s)? What I would do differently in the…

Torturers in the Middle Ages were used to violently frighten, force confessions, punish, and to satisfy personal hatred towards the accused. (McDonald 1) Torture in the Medieval Times was today’s form of interrogation, but was used with multiple torturing devices. Torture was performed in the torture chambers or the dungeons, usually located in the lower parts of the castles. Before torture was approved the accused would have to be proven mostly guilty, but not completely, before torture was…

For example, recruiters might have various methods to get information from the people they are interviewing for a job / position. Some of the common techniques used by recruiters are; the information technique, the direct technique, behavioral technique and practical technique (DeWalt, Kathleen & Billie 120). In the information technique, an interviewer puts an interviewee at ease and making he or her comfortable by talking with the interviewee on a friendly and interactive basis. This method…