Torture to gain information from Terrorists.
We seem to be discussing Torture without any reference – and under an Anti Convective Bias.
I have added some links – Also one by Michael Ignatieff on the Lesser Evil
Bin Laden Raid Revives Debate on Value of Torture
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/04/us/politics/04torture.html?_r=1
But a closer look at prisoner interrogations suggests that the harsh techniques played a small role at most in identifying Bin Laden’s trusted courier and exposing his hide-out. One detainee who apparently was subjected to some tough treatment provided a crucial description of the courier, according to current and former officials briefed on the interrogations. But two prisoners who underwent some of the harshest treatment — including Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, who was waterboarded 183 times — repeatedly misled their interrogators about the courier’s identity.
In 2004, however, a Qaeda operative named Hassan Ghul, captured in Iraq, gave a different account of Mr. Kuwaiti, according to the American official. Mr. Ghul told interrogators that Mr. Kuwaiti was a trusted courier who was close to Bin Laden, as well as to Mr. Mohammed and to Abu Faraj al-Libbi, who had become the operational chief of Al Qaeda after Mr. Mohammed’s capture.
Mr. Kuwaiti, Mr. Ghul added, had not been seen in some time — which analysts thought was a possible indication that the courier was hiding out with Bin Laden.
The Lesser Evil: Politics and Ethics in an Age of Terror -By Michael Ignatieff
'The Lesser Evil': Fight Fire With Fire
The Lesser Evil: Political Ethics in an Age of Terror | Foreign Affairs
Audio and Video versions available
The Lesser Evil: Politics and Ethics in an Age of Terror
History of Torture and Terrorism
Frequently Asked Questions | The Torture Question | FRONTLINE | PBS
There is no clear-cut answer. Studies of interrogation and torture have found that fear motivates people to talk. Interrogators may sometimes get good information: According to press accounts, after being tortured by Philippine authorities, Abdul Hakim Murad, a co-conspirator of 1993 World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Yousef, revealed details about the Bojinka plot to crash 11 commercial airliners into the Pacific Ocean. As another example, many point to the ruthless 1957 French counterinsurgency campaign in Algeria in which using torture helped the French to brutally suppress the uprising in seven months.
Should it be legal to torture a suspect for information?
Techniques of torture used.
American Torture Techniques - A Guide to American Torture Techniques
Enhanced interrogation techniques - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
We seem to be discussing Torture without any reference – and under an Anti Convective Bias.
I have added some links – Also one by Michael Ignatieff on the Lesser Evil
Bin Laden Raid Revives Debate on Value of Torture
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/04/us/politics/04torture.html?_r=1
But a closer look at prisoner interrogations suggests that the harsh techniques played a small role at most in identifying Bin Laden’s trusted courier and exposing his hide-out. One detainee who apparently was subjected to some tough treatment provided a crucial description of the courier, according to current and former officials briefed on the interrogations. But two prisoners who underwent some of the harshest treatment — including Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, who was waterboarded 183 times — repeatedly misled their interrogators about the courier’s identity.
In 2004, however, a Qaeda operative named Hassan Ghul, captured in Iraq, gave a different account of Mr. Kuwaiti, according to the American official. Mr. Ghul told interrogators that Mr. Kuwaiti was a trusted courier who was close to Bin Laden, as well as to Mr. Mohammed and to Abu Faraj al-Libbi, who had become the operational chief of Al Qaeda after Mr. Mohammed’s capture.
Mr. Kuwaiti, Mr. Ghul added, had not been seen in some time — which analysts thought was a possible indication that the courier was hiding out with Bin Laden.
The Lesser Evil: Politics and Ethics in an Age of Terror -By Michael Ignatieff
'The Lesser Evil': Fight Fire With Fire
The Lesser Evil: Political Ethics in an Age of Terror | Foreign Affairs
Audio and Video versions available
The Lesser Evil: Politics and Ethics in an Age of Terror
History of Torture and Terrorism
Frequently Asked Questions | The Torture Question | FRONTLINE | PBS
There is no clear-cut answer. Studies of interrogation and torture have found that fear motivates people to talk. Interrogators may sometimes get good information: According to press accounts, after being tortured by Philippine authorities, Abdul Hakim Murad, a co-conspirator of 1993 World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Yousef, revealed details about the Bojinka plot to crash 11 commercial airliners into the Pacific Ocean. As another example, many point to the ruthless 1957 French counterinsurgency campaign in Algeria in which using torture helped the French to brutally suppress the uprising in seven months.
Should it be legal to torture a suspect for information?
Techniques of torture used.
American Torture Techniques - A Guide to American Torture Techniques
Enhanced interrogation techniques - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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