Political Science ( remember i am CON on this topic) please i want it high school level.

CON Arguments: Should Torture be allowed in the defense of national security?

1. Torture Violates the Dignity of the Human Being

   • Rectal Feeding

   • Water Boarding

   • Cold Water in Freezing Temperature

     1. Gul Rahman

   • America has always sought to be a moral leader in the world

http://www.usnews.com/debate-club/does-the-cia-torture-report-show-the-bush-administration-went-too-far/a-violation-of-human-dignity

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/dec/09/cia-torture-methods-waterboarding-sleep-deprivation

1. Information Acquired by Torture Cannot Be Relied Upon

• Ibn al-Sheikh al-Libi

  1. Iraq War

• Human memory isn’t reliable

https://www.theguardian.com/science/the-lay-scientist/2010/nov/04/2

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/dec/12/us-torture-shaker-aamer-cia-guantanamo

1. Humane Methods of Interrogation Are Better at Obtaining Information Than Torture

• Rapport building approaches are more successful

  1. Take longer, but more effective

• Military leaders have known for centuries that torture can be ineffective

• Jane Goodman-Delahunty Study

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/theres-better-way-get-information-torture-180953616/?no-ist

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/12/the-humane-interrogation-technique-that-works-much-better-than-torture/383698/

1. Ticking Time Bomb Scenario is Too Unlikely

• This scenario assumes the perfect situation

• Senator Dianne Feinstein Senate Report summary

• Ticking time bomb scenario leads to a slippery slope of intrusion on right

  1. It “could” save lives can be dangerous way of thinking

http://time.com/3626076/torture-report-ticking-time-bomb/

https://www.theguardian.com/science/the-lay-scientist/2010/nov/04/2

1. International Laws

• Torture is banned under The United Nations Convention Against Torture

  1. Geneva Convention

• Countries should act on principle, not the prevailing trends of other countries

  1. “well if another country is doing it…”

• U.S. Law

  1. US Supreme Court Rules in the 2006 Hamdan case that detainees are protected from torture by Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions

https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/ihl/WebART/375-590006

https://www.oyez.org/cases/2005/05-184

1. It Just Gives the Enemy Another Reason to Hate Us

• U.S. torture use was al-Qaeda’s number one recruitment tool

  1. Guantanamo Bay Existence

  2. Abu Ghraib photos

• General Ray Odierno and General David Petraeus

• Al-Qaeda recruitment magazine Inspire

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/04/how-guantanamo-bays-existence-helps-al-qaeda-recruit-more-terrorists/274956/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matthew-alexander/torture-caused-the-deaths_b_273116.html