Waterboarding

for crimes they have never committed. Even if you are guilty of a crime, Guantanamo’s way of collecting information is very inhumane. In Guantanamo Boy, Khalid was tortured in various ways, physically and psychologically. These methods include waterboarding, temperature extremes, mock executions, forced medication, isolation, and sleep deprivation. These methods of interrogation are unacceptable, and need to be stopped for for good. We shouldn't make anyone guilty or innocent go through these…

Trump V. Clinton: The 2016 Presidential Election Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are names that will linger in history for many years to come due to their controversial plans if they get elected in the 2016 presidential election. Trump’s ambitious mindset with slogans such as “Make America Great Again” and Clinton 's bold stance on getting more rights for women have an abundance people either supporting or opposing many of their policies. They have many differentiating views on issues such as…

intelligence community. In 2009, a former FBI agent, Ali Soufan, who had taken part in the interrogation of Abu Zubaydah seven years earlier, said that all the useful intelligence came from traditional non-violent questions, and that his later waterboarding produced nothing further of…

Torture and Death Penalty The death penalty and torture have been a human rights issue for a very long time, both of these methods of torture could be dated back to thousands of years ago when people were beheaded and hanged for a crime that they had committed. Torture was basically the action or practicing of severe pain on someone as a punishment, for your own pleasure, or for the sake of someone else. The Death Penalty, which is the punishment of execution, administered to someone legally…

If we use torture tactics we could prevent more major terrorist attacks. Torture is the easiest way to get information out of terrorist. The CIA would only use torture methods on Al Qaeda leaders in order to get information that may prevent future attacks. Personally I believe that these torture methods are justified because of what they do to POW’s overseas. 59% of the American society support the CIA’s methods according to new polls conducted by telephone calls.(Adam Goldman reports on…

The debate regarding the ethical acceptance of torturing a person in the War on Terrorism is a difficult decision/stance to take. It fluctuates throughout our society. Even those who have strong spirituals belief may sway when it comes to making the final choice of to torture or not to torture. My opinion is that if you commit the crime you must accept the punishment; but torture. Well, I believe that when a person is tortured they are likely not to confess the truth. They may paint a…

Terrorism, as defined by Merriam-Webster, is “the unlawful use or threat of violence especially against the state or the public as a politically motivated means of attack or coercion”. In simpler words, it’s a group of people using violence in order to gain power, and it’s been a huge global crisis for years. Although there are many terrorist organizations worldwide, we can all agree that the most known today is the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, better known as ISIS, and they’ve made it…

“Tick, tick, tick”. A bomb has been planted in a civilian building, and a mastermind terrorist has been captured. This, a very real scenario, is one that often threatens our government. So the main debate is what the government should do with the terrorist. Should our government use torture or enhanced interrogation as a way to save lives? The answer is yes, we should! Many view torture as an inhumane tactic and believe that torture should be eradicated from all governments. There are others,…

should go down, they should not become free. Another controversial issue this election is enhanced interrogation, or torturing suspects. Trump has said that he strongly believes and would certainly bring back strong interrogation techniques, like waterboarding. He has said that it would seem “like peanuts” compared to what they do to us. According to CNN, he said that he would seek to broaden the laws to allow it, and that we won’t win if we’re soft. An American citizen’s…

George W. Bush was the 43rd president of the United States who took an oath to “preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution”, but some may say that he failed to do so. Eight months into Bush’s first term as president, the September, 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks occurred - leading to Bush’s “war on terrorism”. This led to the cruel interrogations of terrorists, the removal of rights to trials and court reviewed cases, and the unreasonable and illegal surveillance of American citizens. These…