A probe looking at the effectiveness of harsh interrogation techniques
in the United States military is expected to conclude that the methods
didn’t produce breakthroughs. One official familiar with the
investigation says they found no evidence that the tactics aided
long-term antiterrorism operations. Democrats from the Senate
Intelligence Committee have spent three years examining records charting
daily operations of investigations to disprove claims by Bush
supporters that waterboarding, sleep deprivation, and other tactics led
to counterterrorism coups. The CIA had began starting to pull back from
these techniques before Obama banned them upon taking office.
Discussion Questions:
- Do you believe torture is effective? Why or why not?
- Should the American military abandon all torture techniques? Why or why not?