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

During the Bush-Cheney administration, a proposed legal theory gave the U.S. the powers to effectively torture prisoners outside of U.S. soil, in the following years current and former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officers have come forward and stated that 'enhanced interrorgation' resulted in skewed intelligence and normally would end up becoming fruitless. It is a flagrent violation of human rights and not effective in the war on terror.

Yes but only as a last result for un convicted terrorists. For convicted ones it is reasonable to use enhanced interrogation techniques if needed.

No, torture is an ineffective form of interrogation as well as being inhumane, unethical. Further, torture violates the 8th amendment to the US Constitution and also violates the Geneva Convention to which we are both signatory and to which we provided large amounts of diplomatic, moral and ethical suasion so as to avoid violating our treaty agreements with the rest of the world as well as our own stated moral and ethical values which we purport to share with the world.
Therefore, we should not only strictly follow the laws and agreements of the Geneva Convention, but we should seek to improv…  Read moree its mandates and seek more signatory nations thus embodying the Geneva Convention into to an extremely important part of international law that is meant for every person, nation, and other organizations, on the planet to follow this important ethical and moral document.

Not for Suspected Terrorists but verifiable Terrorists and done by a high level official of the FBI or CIA specially trained in interrogation and interview tactics. No low or medium level officials should be allowed to participate in such actions. A certain level of physical harm to cause permanent physical harm should not be used.

I think if they are known to be a terrorist and have a history, but only if it is a horrible act of terrorism.

No. Torture is not only ineffective, it's actually detrimental to our interests. It's proven to lead to false confessions. Suspects will say whatever their torturers want to hear to make it stop.

Yes, but only as a last resort, only for convicted terrorists, and only psychological tactics

Hell no. Don't ask me questions that have to do with potentially physically harming another HUMAN BEINGS life. Like damn, wtf.

I'd rather not say how I feel about torcher methods.

Torture is ineffective, unethical, and we should follow the laws of the Geneva Convention.

No, this would violate the 8th amendment in most cases

No, in most cases, this would violate the 8th amendment

only if there is solid evidence that they're apart of some terrorist "organization"

yes if they are terrorist they brought it upon themselves

No, in most cases this would violate the 8th amendment

Not unless there is hard evidence confirming that the suspect is a terrorist

No, execute terrorists. (Public hanging after a FAIR trial)

only in extreme circumstances

Only if there is excessive reason, i.e. Terrorist

question is too vague and enhanced interrogation could mean anything from torture to psychedelics

Yes, depending on factors including the information being gained and the evidence of terrorism.

Absolutely not it's cruel and inhumane and incredibly ineffective

I believe that it should be used as a last resort. However, I HIGHLY disagree with waterboarding. These extreme techniques should only be done to terrorists who have a ton of proven evidence against them.

Yes only if you know for certain they are a terrorist

yes, but only as a very last resort and if they are convicted of terrorism

i'm sure they do it anyway

It depends on severely of the crime.

If they need to if there methods already don't work

Depending on the information hoped to be gained and the level of crime committed

Yes they should be allowed to do so, but only if they have both a very good reason to suspect the terrorist of a crime, and the severity of a crime.