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  • Essay / The Ethical Use of Torture - 2080

    He states that anyone willing to plant a bomb is also likely to have undergone training to resist torture if caught. The “suspected terrorist” can buy the time necessary to achieve his goals by forcing his interrogators to look elsewhere, by giving misleading information that points to another suspect, or by denying it altogether. Brian Ross, a CBS News reporter, reported that current and former intelligence officers and their supervisors "used enhanced interrogation techniques to gather intelligence from detainees" (Ross, 2005). Intelligence officials describe using “enhanced interrogation techniques” at bases in Northern Europe and Asia since 2002. Six techniques are commonly used. Most techniques are designed to cause no permanent damage. They arouse fear and