I believe that water boarding should be used only if there are lives at stakes. This technique should not be used as a punishment or if a group or agency just wants a confession for something other than saving a life. For example, if there was a group of terrorist that hid a bomb in a city and one of them were caught who undoubtedly new the exact location for that bomb, waterboarding that person to get that location would be acceptable. That terrorist would be subjected to that interrogation technique would probably be temporarily out of commission but he/she would not be dead or permanently injured if the technique is done the right way. This should only be done to a person if the one doing it is trained and I feel there should be medical personnel present to make sure it does not permanantly hurt or kill the person in the process. …show more content…
I believe one of the cons to waterboarding is that, even though this technique makes the receiver eventually give up information, eventually, all the pain and psychological torment that they went through can make that person (Remy Mauduit 2014) unstable, unreliable and angry for any other future interrogations for information if the procedure is done to them in a way that goes beyond just getting information. It may be possible for these detainees to completely shut down after the first time getting water boarded for any future interrogations about any terrorist activity or threats because they now are only