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@ISIDEWITHQuestionsForeign policyStarted 9yrs agoActive 2wks ago

Should the military be allowed to use enhanced interrogation techniques, such as waterboarding, to gain information from suspected terrorists?

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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 @987M9BBDemocrat from New York  answered…3yrs3Y

yes, but only if there is undeniable evidence that they have committed terrorist attack

 @8KCDP5Y from New York  answered…5yrs5Y

only if it is a last resort

 @8KC842K from New York  answered…5yrs5Y

No, torture is both inhumane and ineffective and domestic far-right terrorism poses more of a threat that foreign terrorism

 @8DM2WL3Constitution from New York  answered…5yrs5Y

Yes, but interrogators should be required to have training to understand how and when to use different tactics.

 @99ZXN89 from New York  answered…2yrs2Y

Determining on the place the terrorist comes from, and if the country holds our own people imprisoned it should be okay because they are doing the same to us.

 @998L5PM from New York  answered…2yrs2Y

yes, but only when lives are at risk.

 @98XDWXY from New York  answered…2yrs2Y

Politically Neutral

 @97RDM2B from New York  answered…3yrs3Y

for special sects of the military, enhanced interrogation is a sound method however, it should only be used as a means to an end.

 @93P477H from New York  answered…3yrs3Y

Just because the Military may be the Police of America does mean they are immune from the consequences of committing Human Rights Violations, they should not be torturing people as a technique to gain information. Maybe have interrogators who actually know how to communicate with people do the interrogations with terrorists.

 @98XSTW6 from New York  answered…2yrs2Y

Politically Neutral.

 @93ZVQ53Libertarian from New York  answered…3yrs3Y

Yes, but only to address an imminent threat.

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