The current government interrogation methods are a problem for many reasons. There are a lot of people who think the methods are inefficient. The methods waste time. There are other ways to get information besides torture. If the CIA is clever, they could acquire more information, and faster. A student of Australia’s Charles Sturt University conducted a study on what methods work in the CIA. She interviewed thirty-four interrogators and found that disclosure was fourteen times as likely in a situation that was of comfort, and it was found that terrorists were more likely to give information when interrogators used the ‘rapport building’ method, which involves quickly gaining someone’s trust. A former US interrogator said that an Iraqi insurgent …show more content…
Have you ever heard of waterboarding? Well, it is a torture method that involves strapping a prisoner to a table, and placing a towel over their face. Then, water is poured over the rag, and the water gets into the prisoner’s mouth and nose, making it difficult or not possible to breathe. Waterboarding simulates the sensation of drowning. It causes panic in the prisoner and often results in spasms and more serious conditions depending on how much liquid gets into the body. For example, when TheGaurdian.com found an interrogation report from the CIA, it said that Abu Zubaydah(a suspect in the 9/11 attacks), went into severe distress and hysterics when he was waterboarded. His anxiety levels were so high, that he ceased to communicate entirely, and became inefficient to CIA workers. In at least one waterboarding session, Zubaydah became completely unresponsive and had foaming bubbles rising from his mouth. CIA medics said that he ingested so much water, that regurgitated acid was likely to damage his esophagus. The CIA said Zubaydah was subjected to waterboarding only once, although further investigation proved that he was instead waterboarded eighty-three times over the course of one month. People began to question the efficiency of the