Everything needed to be known about torture

The Pros and Cons about Torture

The origins of Torture: 

Torture was first use in 530 AD by the Romans and ever since the world has use it. It was first used for criminal punishment. Over time torture has evolved to be use as a way to get information out about secret plots or animation about terrorist group. The use of torture really ramped up after 9/11, Americans were scared and didn't feel safe. In reaction to 9/11 the use of torture was authorized by Bush and the CIA and the military were using now more then ever. The question of should torture be use didn't pop up until the Abu Ghraib Prison incident. The Abu Gharib torture incident is the CIA and the Army committing hideous acts against their detainees, humans rights violation. More information can be found in this link: Torture at Abu Ghraib. Even with incident exposing how torture can become so hideout, it is still like that elephant in the room. For this article I planned on listing the pros and cons of both sides and for the reader to decide if torture should be use or not.

The Pros:	The Cons:
Information received is used for a variety of purposes	Torture impractical and ineffective
Obtain information a timely fashion	Information may be false
May receive information not even asked for	High rates of attrition in the interrogators
Can prepare for an attack	Torture methods are immoral
Terrorists deserve punishment for the extra pain and misery they caused	Widens the anti-American view
	A chance of a detainee being innocent
	Other non-torture methods are just as effective

(Here is a clip of Jon Stewart talking about the use of torture)

All the information is needed to know about torture, now it is time to decide:

sources: http://thejusticecampaign.org/?page_id=175
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/05/10/torture-at-abu-ghraib
http://www.debate.org/torture/