The War On Terror. America’s Use of Torture in War (Part 4).
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The War On Terror. America’s Use of Torture in War (Part 4).
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The War on Terror saw the use of several controversial interrogation techniques by the US military and intelligence agencies, which continue to generate debate and controversy. Some of the key techniques include waterboarding, enhanced interrogation techniques, and force-feeding.
One article from The New Yorker in 2014, "The C.I.A.’s Lawyer: Waterboarding and Memory," discusses the role of a lawyer in the CIA's interrogation program and his opinions on waterboarding. The article highlights the issue of false memories created by the technique, which may lead to inaccurate information. Another article from TIME, "Industrial Band Claims U.S. Government Used Their Music To Torture Gitmo Prisoners," discusses how a US government agency allegedly used industrial music to torture prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. The article highlights the use of music as a form of psychological torture.
Another article from truthout, "From Waterboarding to Water Curing: Gitmo Detainee Sues Over Force-Feeding," discusses the use of force-feeding as a form of torture on detainees at Guantanamo Bay. This article highlights the physical and psychological harm caused by this technique, which has been used on detainees who are on hunger strikes.
In April 2014, a Senate report found that the CIA's use of waterboarding and harsh interrogation techniques did not yield useful information in the search for Osama bin Laden. This report was covered by several news outlets, including CBC's "CIA waterboarding, harsh interrogations didn’t help find Osama bin Laden: senate report," and BBC News' "Report on CIA details 'brutal' post-9/11 interrogations." These articles shed light on the ineffectiveness of these techniques in obtaining actionable intelligence.
In August 2014, an article from The New Republic, "Obama Wants to Put Torture Behind Us, But It Still Haunts Guantanamo Every Single Day," discusses how the legacy of torture still lingers at Guantanamo Bay. The article highlights the use of torture by US authorities and how it has impacted the treatment of detainees at the facility.
A report released in December 2014 by the US Senate Intelligence Committee shed further light on the CIA's use of torture during the War on Terror. The report found that enhanced interrogation techniques were "brutal" and "ineffective," and caused physical and psychological harm to detainees. This report was covered by several news outlets, including ABC News' "CIA Torture Report: The Most Stunning Findings," CNN's "Top takeaways from the CIA torture report," and The Guardian's "US report on 'enhanced interrogation' concludes: torture doesn't work." These articles shed light on the widespread use of torture by the CIA and the physical and psychological harm caused by these techniques.
Overall, these sources highlight the controversy surrounding the use of torture, waterboarding, and enhanced interrogation techniques during the War on Terror. While some argue that these techniques were necessary for obtaining information to fight terrorism, others highlight the ineffectiveness of these techniques and the harm they caused to detainees. The debate around the use of torture during the War on Terror continues to this day, and these sources provide important insights into the ongoing controversy.
Written in part in collaboration with ChatGPT on March 28, 2023
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The C.I.A.’s Lawyer: Waterboarding and Memory - The New Yorker January 1, 2014
From Waterboarding to Water Curing: Gitmo Detainee Sues Over Force-Feeding - truthout March 15, 2014
Sarah Palin compared waterboarding to baptism, and Christians are furious - Vox April 28, 2014
What Did We Learn from Abu Ghraib? - Mother Jones April 28, 2014
Why Do Americans Fear Torture More than Chinese? - Foreign Policy May 13, 2014
Does America Still Torture? - The Nation July 10, 2014
U.S. nurse refuses to force feed Guantanamo Bay detainees - Reuters July 16, 2014
America's Real Patriots Fought to Expose and End Torture - ACLU August 14, 2014
America Tortured—And We Need to Shed Some Light on It - POLITICO MAGAZINE November 23, 2014
It's Time the U.S. Paid Reparations to the Prisoners It Tortured - The New Republic December 4, 2014
CIA tortured, misled, U.S. report finds, drawing calls for action - Reuters December 8, 2014
Reminder: This Is Waterboarding - Bloomberg December 9, 2014
Americans Have Grown More Supportive Of Torture - FiveThirty Eight December 9, 2014
The CIA May Have Waterboarded More People Than Admitted - INSIDER December 9, 2014
What the Torture Report Reveals About Zero Dark Thirty - TIME December 10, 2014
America’s Shame: What’s in the Senate Torture Report? - The New Yorker December 9, 2014
Waterboarding didn't work, committee report finds - USA Today December 9, 2014
Horrific details from the torture report - USA Today December 9, 2014
Report on CIA details 'brutal' post-9/11 interrogations - BBC News December 9, 2014
USA and Torture: A History of Hypocrisy - Human Rights Watch December 9, 2014
CIA Used "Rectal Feeding" As Part Of Torture Program - BuzzFeed News December 9, 2014
What US taxpayers paid to build and run the CIA’s torture program - QUARTZ December 9, 2014
America Trades Torture for Drones - The Atlantic December 9, 2014
Taking Responsibility for Torture - The Atlantic December 9, 2014
CIA Torture Report: The Most Stunning Findings - ABC News December 9, 2014
It doesn’t matter if torture worked. It’s still wrong. - Vox December 9, 2014
A History of the C.I.A.’s Secret Interrogation Program - The New York Times December 9, 2014
5 Interrogation Methods The CIA Used On Terrorism Suspects - NPR December 9, 2014
Top takeaways from the CIA torture report - CNN December 9, 2014
The Most Gruesome Moments in the CIA ‘Torture Report’ - DAILY BEAST December 9, 2014
John Brennan’s zigzag on torture - POLITICO December 9, 2014
A Timeline of the Interrogation Program - TIME December 9, 2014
The Numbers Behind the CIA's Interrogation Report - U.S. News December 9, 2014
CIA tactics: What is 'enhanced interrogation'? - BBC News December 10, 2014
Americans Have Become More Accepting of Use of Torture - The New York Times December 10, 2014
The brutal methods outlined in the Senate report - The Washington Post December 10, 2014
Did enhanced interrogation help the CIA find Osama Bin Laden? - CBS News December 10, 2014
Americans are deeply divided about torture - The Conversation December 10, 2014
A Retrospective Look at How Americans View Torture - GALLUP December 10, 2014
What is waterboarding – and what did it do to CIA prisoners? - INDEPENDENT December 10, 2014
How the CIA used music to "break" detainees - Vox December 11, 2014
Here's What CIA Interrogators Are Still Allowed to Do - The Atlantic December 11, 2014
Torture is illegal. Americans tortured. Why isn't anyone being prosecuted? - Vox December 11, 2014
Using science to improve the practice of interrogation - The Conversation December 11, 2014
Force-Feeding at Gitmo: Obama’s ‘Torture’ Debate - ABC News December 11, 2014
Teaching Torture | OP-ED - BROOKINGS December 12, 2014
AMERICA IS BUILT ON TORTURE, REMEMBER? - Pacific Standard December 12, 2014
A Former Guantanamo Bay Lawyer Reacts To Senate 'Torture' Report - NPR December 13, 2014
Two Views Of The CIA's 'Enhanced' Interrogations - NPR December 14, 2014
About Half See CIA Interrogation Methods as Justified - Pew Research Center December 15, 2014
What America Learned About Torture From Israel and Britain - SLATE December 15, 2014
Most Americans consider waterboarding to be torture: poll - CBS News December 15, 2014
Why Sleep Deprivation Is Torture - Psychology Today December 15, 2014
Psychologist James Mitchell Admits He Waterboarded al Qaeda Suspects - VICE News December 15, 2014
A Surprisingly Large Number Of Americans Think Torture Is Justified - INSIDER December 16, 2014
'Torture Report': A Closer Look At When And What President Bush Knew - NPR December 16, 2014
Cheney’s Tortured Facts - FactCheck.org December 16, 2014
Our Founders Knew Not To Torture - POLITICO December 16, 2014
Rula Jebreal: Torture defenders are driving America to moral suicide - salon December 17, 2014
Torture program linked to discredited, illegal CIA techniques - Al Jazeera December 18, 2014
Did '24' help make torture acceptable? - The Christian Science Monitor December 19, 2014
‘The Case Against Torture’ | Opinion - The New York Times December 21, 2014