Source: Los Angeles Times
Date: Sunday, February 19, 2017
Article: Torture always trickles down
Writer: Darius Rejali
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Questions
1. Has the support for torture increase or decrease in the U.S. since 2001?
2. What percentage of Americans supported torture under the George W. Bush presidency?
3. In 2015, what percentage of Americans considered torture justifiable according to a Pew Research Center Survey?
4. When it comes to torture, what drives people to think it works?
5. When it comes to torture, what isn't considered or thought about if it works?
6. If a president condones torture, those who favor him will support torture. True or False
7. If a president does not, those who favor him will not. True or False
8. What are "black sites"?
9. What was the Wickersham Report?
10. What type of story did the Guardian run in 2015?
11. What was the name of the "Black Site" in Chicago?
12. Where was waterboarding introduced to U.S. soldiers?
13. As U.S. soldiers came home and began working at police departments, waterboarding became common practice nationwide in what year?
14. What was the name of the Chicago police detective that used torture he learned in Vietnam when he served as military policeman?
15. What is the name of the police officer who used torture techniques he learned in Guantanamo as a Navy reserve lieutenant?
16. What is the "Black Site Effect"?
17. "Trump's stance on torture is dangerous regardless of whether he succeeds in reviving its use in the war on terror. His rhetoric can be read by law enforcement as permission to work outside the rules." What is your opinion on the writer's statement?
Reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darius_Rejali
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-rejali-trump-torture-20170219-story.html
Date: Sunday, February 19, 2017
Article: Torture always trickles down
Writer: Darius Rejali
U-$0.10-B-0.003856699-BE-26
Go to Answer Key
Go to 2017 Directory of Books & Authors
Questions
1. Has the support for torture increase or decrease in the U.S. since 2001?
2. What percentage of Americans supported torture under the George W. Bush presidency?
3. In 2015, what percentage of Americans considered torture justifiable according to a Pew Research Center Survey?
4. When it comes to torture, what drives people to think it works?
5. When it comes to torture, what isn't considered or thought about if it works?
6. If a president condones torture, those who favor him will support torture. True or False
7. If a president does not, those who favor him will not. True or False
8. What are "black sites"?
9. What was the Wickersham Report?
10. What type of story did the Guardian run in 2015?
11. What was the name of the "Black Site" in Chicago?
12. Where was waterboarding introduced to U.S. soldiers?
13. As U.S. soldiers came home and began working at police departments, waterboarding became common practice nationwide in what year?
14. What was the name of the Chicago police detective that used torture he learned in Vietnam when he served as military policeman?
15. What is the name of the police officer who used torture techniques he learned in Guantanamo as a Navy reserve lieutenant?
16. What is the "Black Site Effect"?
17. "Trump's stance on torture is dangerous regardless of whether he succeeds in reviving its use in the war on terror. His rhetoric can be read by law enforcement as permission to work outside the rules." What is your opinion on the writer's statement?
Reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darius_Rejali
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-rejali-trump-torture-20170219-story.html
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