Why did proponents of the torture memo believe that waterboarding was an acceptable interrogation technique?

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anonymous · Answer

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was using waterboarding on extrajudicial prisoners and that the Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice had authorized the procedure among enhanced interrogation techniques.[8][9] Senator John McCain noted that in World War II, the United States military hanged Japanese soldiers for waterboarding American prisoners of war.[10] The CIA confirmed having used waterboarding on three Al-Qaeda suspects: Abu Zubaydah, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, in 2002 and 2003.[11][12]

In its war on terror, the George W. Bush administration through Jay S. Bybee, the Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice, issued in August 2002 and March 2003 what became known in 2004, after being leaked, as the Torture Memos.[13] These legal opinions (including the 2002 Bybee memo) argued for a narrow definition of torture under U.S. law.

inowalst · Answer

Don't just copy/paste without citing your work. @Kfsv10 That's plagiarizing.

kohai · Answer

I would be more up tight about this if they were doing this in an essay, but... it's a study site...

jagr2713 · Answer

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leader · Answer

LOL That moment when you know they copy-pasted from Wikipedia but don't want to cite their sources. Hahaha If you want to plagirize, you might at lease remove the [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Haha

kohai · Answer

Please close the question if you no longer need help :)

anonymous · Answer

@Leader You don't have to be rude, so what if it's from wiki, its not an essay, and she followed the CoC because she didn't give the straight answer

anonymous · Answer

They argued that the president had the authority to do whatever he deemed necessary to get information in the global war on terrorism.