Mar 23, 2016 ... “These Americans are a crucial line of defense against terrorism.” Clinton also blasted the Republican field of candidates for condoning torture as a means of fighting terrorists. "Another thing we know that does not work, based on lots of empirical evidence, is torture,” she said. "If I'm president, the United ...
When it comes to fighting terrorism, "Another thing we know that does not work, based on lots of empirical evidence, is torture." — PolitiFact National on Wednesday, March 30th, 2016. True. Standing by Petraeus. Afghanistan. Jack Reed · "It is rare that a retirement grade determination is conducted for an officer previously ...
Mar 23, 2016 ... Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton delivers remarks on counterterrorism in Stanford, California.
Nov 4, 2010 ... Slight problem - in 2002 Shaikh Mohammed was busy evading capture in Pakistan. But enough anecdotes, let's look at the science. Why wouldn't torture be effective? Actually there are many reasons. Let's assume that we have the right guy, and that he does in fact know the information that we need. All we ...
How to aggregate universal moral principles into decision procedures, a central problem in ethics, is in my view the only interesting aspect of the torture ... Or do we? Few would argue that waterboarding Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was worse than shooting him in the head. Yet killing does not make us wince the way torture ...
When it comes to fighting terrorism, "Another thing we know that does not work, based on lots of empirical evidence, is torture."