Journal 12: thesis statement

Since the 9/11 attacks on the U.S. actions that can be considered act of torture have been taking place on "terrorists." Though some of these actions violate international laws on torture it has been considered necessary to stop further terrorist acts. By comparing the modern methods of information retrival used by the U.S. to other countries', accessing the effectiveness of these methods and showing its importance of helping the United States win the war on terror moraly justifies the U.S. use of torture.