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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