After the September 11, 2001 terror attacks the George W. Bush administration authorized the use of “enhanced interrogation techniques” at secret detention facilities around the world run by the defense department and CIA. The authorization approved the use of many techniques including beatings, binding in stress positions, hooding, sleep deprivation and waterboarding. In 2008 President Obama signed an executive order banning the use torture by the U.S. military and CIA. In 2016 the use of torture became a topic during the Presidential race when candidate Donald Trump suggested…
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@9G7L33H2yrs2Y
Yes this is protected by the fifth amendment as the right to life, liberty, and property without due process
@9L7N2XG1yr1Y
Yes this is protected by the fifth amendment concept of the right to life, liberty, and property without due process.
@9G78NC52yrs2Y
Yes this is protected by the fifth amendment as the right to liberty, liberty, and property without due process
@9G67QY82yrs2Y
Yes, this is protected by the fifth amendment as the right to life, liberty, and property without due process
@9FCKM4B2yrs2Y
Yes this is protected by the fifth amendment
@95HSG8R3yrs3Y
No, because many people today have been wrongfully imprisoned by governments under the label of "terrorist" even though all they did was stand up for their rights.
@8MMY7TC5yrs5Y
This should be used as a last resort. It only depends on the terrorists and what they have done. If they have done something to put many lives in danger and the military must stop this quickly, then yes. Torture them.
@97QD6TM3yrs3Y
yes, but only if they are 100% terrorists. I f they get someone wrong though, they should give them lots of money.
@97556F83yrs3Y
No, torture is inhumane, and not right, it doesn’t usually work on these kinds of people anyways. All it does is strengthen their resolve and give them reason to remain stubborn. These ppl were trained or brainwashed to withhold information. Best thing to do is find other ways of interrogation.
@972746P3yrs3Y
No, this would violate the 8th amendment.
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