| ID | 147112 |
| Title Proper | Strategic costs of torture |
| Other Title Information | how “enhanced interrogation” hurt America |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Johnson, Douglas A ; Mora, Alberto ; Schmidt, Averell |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | It has been more than seven years since U.S. President Barack Obama [1] issued Executive Order 13491 [2], banning the U.S. government’s use of torture. Obama’s directive was a powerful rebuke to the Bush administration, which had, in the years after the 9/11 attacks, authorized the CIA and the U.S. military to use “enhanced interrogation tech¬niques” in questioning suspected terrorists. Some detainees were shackled in painful positions, locked in boxes the size of coffins, kept awake for over 100 hours at a time, and forced to inhale water in a process known as water¬boarding. Interrogators sometimes went far beyond what Washington had authorized, sodomizing detainees with blunt objects, threatening to sexually abuse their family members, and, on at least one occasion, freezing a suspect to death by chaining him to an ice-cold floor overnight. |
| `In' analytical Note | Foreign Affairs Vol. 95, No.5; Sep-Oct 2016: p.121-132 |
| Journal Source | Foreign Affairs Vol: 95 No 5 |
| Key Words | Torture ; CIA ; America ; U.S. Government ; Strategic Costs ; Enhanced Interrogation |