Foreign Detainee Operations Post 9/11: An Example of the United States’ Ethical Compromise

Foreign Detainee Operations Post 9/11: An Example of the United States’ Ethical Compromise

Presenter(s)

Seth Longstreth

Comments

Presentation: 3:20-3:40 p.m., Kennedy Union 311

Description

After 9/11, the United States government issued a series of policies that allowed tortuous interrogations in order to extract actionable information, or least attempt to. After being a member of the Geneva Convention and the Convention Against Torture, the U.S. directly defied these international treaties purely because it suited their interests during the retaliation against al-Qaeda. This paper seeks to answer how government accountability plummets when directing officials overlook the law, how the subjectivity of torture laws was capitalize on, and what further implications this has on us as a nation. This research takes a multi-case study approach which allows for an in-depth analysis of interrogative techniques, living conditions, and how it was all made legal.Keywords: Detainee, Ethics, Torture, Interrogation

Publication Date

4-19-2023

Project Designation

Honors Thesis

Primary Advisor

Martha Hurley

Primary Advisor's Department

Criminal Justice and Security Studies

Keywords

Stander Symposium, College of Arts and Sciences

Institutional Learning Goals

Critical Evaluation of Our Times; Scholarship; Practical Wisdom

Foreign Detainee Operations Post 9/11: An Example of the United States’ Ethical Compromise

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