Thinking About Torture

March, 2002

is it time to get out the rubber hoses?Within weeks of the September 11 attacks, pundits began discussing the possibility of torturing suspects. Reporters introduced the idea with serene detachment. "Methods of interrogation vary from country to country, and what constitutes inhumanity in one place might be considered effectiveness in another," The Baltimore Sun reported. The story described the harrowing tale of a man who has become the poster child for effective torture, Abdul Hakim...