So my goal here is going to be explaining extraordinary rendition from my understanding after researching it. I want to explain why it is being used and who is for or against it. Lastly I will talk about who uses it how long and even the style. This will all come from resources, which are the actual definitions and applications of the law. I will be using excerpts from legal documents, quotes of actual detainees and of course lists that defined the practical usage within the law.
So first off what is extraordinary rendition? Well simply put it is the practice of sending a foreign criminal or someone deemed a terrorists to a black site for interrogation. The Black site definition is literally a secret jail where someone could be held by military
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Was on vacation headed back home to Canada, However having been placed on a watch list he was apprehended In John F Kennedy airport, in New York while on layover. He was grabbed by plain clothes civilians who he later recalled as calling themselves a special removal team on the flight to his eventual prison by a private jet. He recalled many events and stops along the way. To the New York Reporter who wrote his story. They finally dropped him in Syria. He was now at a black site because torture was not condoned by the United Nations and we certainly could not do it here in America on our soil. This is interesting because coinciding with his capture President Bush, in an interview with the Times, assured the world that “torture is never acceptable, nor do we hand over people to countries that do …show more content…
In Egypt this started back during the Clinton presidency. He would outsource our enemies there for information, they would be tortured for any information they could get out of them by any means, Especially CIA suspects who needed special attention. I found a source of a Man Named Abu Omar, who had such an experience in Egypt. He was captured In Milan where he had been granted asylum from political crimes He had committed. This is why he had radical ties to Islamic extremists. He had been tortured once before in Egypt for a year, it stated in the
In the article, “Laying Claim to a Higher Morality,” Melissa Mae discusses the controversial topic of using torture as a part of interrogating detainees. She finds the common ground between the supporting and opposing sides of the argument by comparing two different sources, “Inhuman Behavior” and “A Case for Torture.” Mae includes clear transitions from each side of the argument and concise details to ensure that the essay was well constructed. The purpose of the essay is clear, and it is interesting, insightful, and unbiased.
Torture is commonly practiced all over the world, but most notably in the Guantánamo bay detention center in Cuba. It is most commonly used on prisoners of war to obtain useful enemy information, but it is not limited to that as it is practiced in normal prisons and jails. After experiencing torture, people don’t possess the same mindset. These (cruel ) sessions of
After watching Frontlines documentary Secrets, Politics and Torture one is automatically faced with mixed views on the major issue, torture, discussed throughout the documentary. At first it shows the different ways our government tries to protect our country and national security, but as one continues to watch the documentary you see how our government attempts to manipulate rules and scenarios in order to help protect the CIA’s inappropriate behavior. On the one hand it is easy to understand why it was unnecessary to torture the prisoners we held captive, but in another light we must also understand the real reasons for acting with such cruel behavior.
Through out the history of the country, the U.S. have torture people for information. For example, Brown v. Mississippi a sheriff who questioned three African Americans, in the most heinous way. He hipped and hanged them for no true reason (Hickey, T., 2014). The
The Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution says, “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.” The fundamental idea of torture is to inflict mental or physical pain onto a suspect to coerce them into revealing information we desire. This tactic is illegal because it violates the Constitution, and in addition, it violates international agreements that our nation has committed itself to. The general provisions of the Geneva Conference of 1949 prevent the use of torture in warfare; the document specifically outlaws “Outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating or degrading treatment…” By violating these laws, particularly the Constitution, our nation
A new congressional report was released last week detailing the controversial CIA torture program during the years following the September 11 attacks on the twin towers. The report detailed several despicable ways detainees were treated at various CIA black sites, detainees endured waterboarding, sleep deprivation, confinements, rectal feeding and death from hypothermia. The most despicable aspect of the report was that psychiatrists, psychologist, and some physicians originated some of the torture techniques used by the CIA.
Torture is known as the intentional infliction of either physical or psychological harm for the purpose of gaining something – typically information – from the subject for the benefit of the inflictor. Normal human morality would typically argue that this is a wrongful and horrendous act. On the contrary, to deal with the “war on terrorism” torture has begun to work its way towards being an accepted plan of action against terrorism targeting the United States. Terroristic acts perpetrate anger in individuals throughout the United States, so torture has migrated to being considered as a viable form of action through a blind eye. Suspect terrorists arguably have basic human rights and should not be put through such psychologically and physically damaging circumstances.
“The one lesson we 've learned from history is that we have not learned any of history 's lessons” (Unknown Author, n.d.). The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the use of Enhanced Interrogation Techniques (EITs) such as “waterboarding” and extraordinary rendition (aka “black sites”) by CIA agents for American intelligence interests and to analyze the drastically apposing views of the legalities, morality, and effectiveness of these methods. Is the CIA’s use of EITs and extraordinary rendition equivalent to torture, and therefore, acts in violation of international law? The definition of “torture” under statute 18 U.S.C. 2340 states, “torture” means an act committed by a person acting under the color of law specifically intended to inflict severe physical or mental pain or suffering (other than pain or suffering incidental to lawful sanctions) upon another person within his custody or physical control” (United States Code, 2011). This definition expands with specific identifying characteristics of an act and varies to include humiliation of an individual. Of course, pain and suffering is a subjective experience. The worlds historical practice of “torture” reinforces lessons that human’s imaginative capacity for inflicting pain and terror on our fellow human is disgracefully boundless; yet, parallel behaviors of violence and humiliation reemerge with disturbing regularity (Smith, 2013).
On 26 September 2002, Maher Arar, a Canadian citizen who born in Syria, was arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport while he was waiting for his flight . Mr. Arar was held in solitary confinement without any charges by United States authorities for two weeks without having access to a lawyer. The United States government suspected him of being a member of Al-Qaeda and deported him back directly not to Canada, but to his country of birth Syria, where he was tortured . Arar was held in Syria for nearly a year, during that time he was tortured, until he return to Canada. The Syrian government later admitted that Arar was not involved in anything and he was “completely innocent ”. There are too many questions that need to be answered,
Ever since 9/11 Americans as a whole perspective on torture being justified for national security has risen greatly. Post 9/11 the CIA started there intense
to take advantage of. Bradley Manning leaked many of our methods to the world. Even a quick search of in the internet can reveal legal and illegal interrogation techniques. Because of this, are adversaries are well aware of the capabilities of the U.S., specifically with regards to what we can and cannot be done during interrogation. This puts us at a disadvantage from the beginning. For-example a Lebanon detainees refuses to talk to U.S. interrogators because he knows the process of U.S. interrogation techniques. These techniques were outlined in the Manchester Documents. However, if the detainee is aware that we may transfer him to another location based upon his suspected ‘crimes’ against that country, the threat of transfer may be all the motivation the detainee needs to start
While the law itself condemns use of torture for any purpose, torture becomes necessary to be used in particular critical instances. According to Miles, the United States senate allowed the use of enhanced interrogation techniques on a number of cases and detainees. The human rights should be considered first in any event whether in interrogation or any other course of action1. The policy makers have found themselves between hard and difficult decisions to make on the techniques for obtaining vital information from terrorists who are trained heavily on resisting from giving information when caught in the wrong side of the law.
Greed is an extreme desire for physical or ideal things. In some cases, a person goes to extreme measures to obtain their desires. Greed is considered to bring ruin and destruction, so it is considered a sin, and it can lead to other sins and wrongdoings. Also, greed distracts a person from his or her faith. Greed causes a person to salivate for things they don't really need. The sin of greed is evident in Chaucer’s tales through the sale of indulgences, the murderous lust for gold, and the hunger for nobility status which is seen in the Pardoner and the three rioters in the “Pardoner’s Tale”.
In fact President Obama released evidence of this in 2009 through a series of documents come to be know as the “Torture Memos.” Some of these memos document the capture, imprisonment, and torture of Abu Zubayadah. Abu Zubayadah was seized in a house raid in Pakistan by the US military. He was thought to be a high-level, active member of Al Qaeda. In thinking this he was brought to America, imprisoned and tortured. In reality he was not even an official member of Al Qaeda despite his minor interactions with them. He was also mentally ill. Through all the torture they put him through they received little or irrelevant information. He was captured in 2002, is still being held in captivity 11 years later and he has not even been officially charged with a crime. (Worthington) Not to mention in this time he had been subjected to a various number of tortures that were done without permission illegally. A memo was sent out requesting the authorization to use the following forms of punishment on Zubayadah: “attention grasp, walling, facial hold, facial slap, cramped confinement, wall standing, stress positions, sleep deprivation, insects placed in a confinement box, and waterboarding.”(Worthington). Ok so at least what they were doing at least was done with permission, right? Wrong. “A Department of Justice 2009 report regarding prisoner abuses reportedly stated that the memos were prepared 1 month after Zubayadah had already been subjected to the specific techniques
In the United States, one of the major methods in obtaining crucial information has been through the use of Guantanamo Bay. While many have condemned of the torture that is believed to occur there, not only does Guantanamo Bay comply with national and international standards, but it also complies with Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions (Meese 1) which states