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The Pros And Cons Of Torture

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Why should torture around the United States end? After the 9/11 attacks in 2001 the CIA has acquire new methods to interrogate suspects. However the new methods are far beyond of what someone would think of. And the the question is so why should torture end? Before the United States approved this new way of interrogation they knew that what they were going to do had one crucial outcome. The government knew that this new way of interrogation for the suspects was going to be painful, and shocking and far beyond of what the country had ever accepted. Torture is unnecessary in the article titled ¨Senate overwhelmingly bans torture across U.S. government¨ the journalist from CNN explained that the senate has banned torture for multiple reasons. The senate bans torture across the U.S. government, torture was banned because it was unnecessary and a current law already bans torture. U.S. officials describe torture as ¨unnecessary, cruel, and inhuman¨ and it is considered degrading treatment or punishment, they believe anything past interrogation it compromises our values and assures that the United States will never go down that dark path again. …show more content…

It leaves your mind messed up, or damaged they think that torture would have short lasting harm, but they were wrong. 15 years later after Hussein al-Marfadi still has the headaches and disturbed sleep, having bad memories and nightmares of him suffocating at the bottom of a well, he now lives in depression and says ¨I'm not normal anymore¨. In Libya ( a sovereign state in the Maghreb region of North Africa) the radio of passing cars spurs rage, reminding him of the CIA prison where earsplitting music was just one assault to his senses Hussein says ¨ They killed our youth in Guantanamo and then they tossed us away like

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