How We Came to Torture
11 Pages Posted: 21 Jan 2013
Date Written: January 21, 2005
Abstract
The ghastly pictures from Abu Ghraib have forced America to confront the reality of some of its tactics in the war on terror. The almost pornographic images have prompted quick condemnations of torture and the formation of a host of commissions to examine how the abuse came to pass. While many of the reports are yet to come, those already completed by Army investigators, independent commissions and reporters make clear that the abuse was not simply the product of "bad apples." Rather, it was at least in part the result of arrogance and callousness at the highest levels of government.
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Gottlieb, David J., How We Came to Torture (January 21, 2005). Kansas Journal of Law & Pubic Policy, Vol. 14, p. 446, 2005, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2204540
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