If It'll Save Innocent Lives, Go Ahead and Play Rough. Henry Mark Holzer.
by Holzer, Henry Mark; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 44Human Relations. Publisher: Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, 2003ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Ethical problems | Mohammed | Prisoners -- Legal status | Prisoners -- Treatment | Questioning | Terrorists | TortureDDC classification: 050 Summary: "The recent arrest of alleged al-Qaeda mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed...raises the question of whether American agents can be involved, directly or indirectly, in torturing him for information that could save countless innocent lives." (FREDERICKSBURG FREE LANCE-STAR) The authors debate whether it is acceptable for the U.S. to use torture to force information from terror suspects, noting on one hand saving lives of innocent victims would outweigh the price of torture, and on the other that America can't adopt the tactics of its enemies or it will be no better than they are.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: If It'll Save Innocent Lives, Go Ahead and Play Rough, March 11, 2003; pp. n.p..
"The recent arrest of alleged al-Qaeda mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed...raises the question of whether American agents can be involved, directly or indirectly, in torturing him for information that could save countless innocent lives." (FREDERICKSBURG FREE LANCE-STAR) The authors debate whether it is acceptable for the U.S. to use torture to force information from terror suspects, noting on one hand saving lives of innocent victims would outweigh the price of torture, and on the other that America can't adopt the tactics of its enemies or it will be no better than they are.
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