Could the United States Reinstitute an Official Torture Policy?

In 2015, the United States passed legislation that reaffirmed its ban on using torture and abusive techniques in national security interrogations. However, the Republican president-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly promised to revive torture as official policy, and the idea of torturing suspected te...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Adam Jacobson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Henley-Putnam University 2017-06-01
Series:Journal of Strategic Security
Online Access:http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/jss/vol10/iss2/7/