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Tag: Toture

Harsh interrogation - A case study

By Political Agenda, Section News
Posted on Wed May 06, 2009 at 12:04:24 PM EST
Tags: Toture, harsh interrogation, Barack Obama on Torture, Army field manual (all tags)

Political Agenda with Danian Michael

On the use of force during an interrogation, the Army field manual states the following:

"PROHIBITION AGAINST USE OF FORCE - The use of force, mental torture, threats, insults, or exposure to unpleasant and inhumane treatment of any kind is prohibited by law and is neither authorized nor condoned by the US Government. Experience indicates that the use of force is not necessary to gain the cooperation of sources for interrogation. Therefore, the use of force is a poor technique, as it yields unreliable results, may damage subsequent collection efforts, and can induce the source to say whatever he thinks the interrogator wants to hear...."[1]

Is it the case that the use of force is not necessary to gain the cooperation of sources for interrogation? The argument goes as follows; harsh interrogation does not work because a prisoner will tell you anything to avoid pain and because generally speaking, people are more amicable to your request if you treat them kindly. I am going to argue that actually, harsh methods for gaining information and changing behavior is not only effective but is also foundational to our way of life here in the United States and I'm going to prove this by way of the illustration of three case studies.

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