Torturing Methods

Torture of suspected terrorists has been a big topic recently in the news. A senate committee released a report after investigating the torturing situation. There has been a great deal of time and money put into torturing the suspected terrorists. Many people argue that the line is being crossed in torturing these people.

                Terrorists have been killed and tortured in some of the worst ways imaginable in the “Salt Pit”, which is similar to a dungeon. Many prisoners have been left in cold, dark areas and handcuffed to bars for days at a time. Punishments in the Salt Pit included unsanitary food, cold showers and ice buckets, sleep deprivation, nudity, and rough takedowns. I believe that all of these torturing methods are not the correct actions in punishing terrorists.

                Two military psychologists also received $80 million to come up with new torture tactics. Giving these two men 80 million dollars was not something that should’ve been done. Neither of the men had experience as professional interrogators. Regardless of that, the money that was given to them to create new torture tactics was such a big amount that it was unreal and completely unnecessary. The two men should not have been paid to do something that is so harmful to other people even if they are terrorists.

                I believe that the actions they are taking in torturing the suspects are very unnecessary. Terrorists should not be set free or walk away without punishment; however, we can use other ways to punish terrorists. Hanging prisoners by their hands, dragging them across the floor, letting them freeze to death, or even being forced to stand on broken legs is taking it much too far.

                All of this torturing is being done just to gain information on Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups. So far the torturing methods have not done much in gaining this information. Even if torturing does help us receive needed information about terrorists, I think that we could still use better methods, (that don’t involve torturing terrorists and using so much violence), to gain the information we need.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/12/09/the-most-gruesome-moments-in-the-cia-torture-report.html