Articles

Hypothetical Torture in the 'War on Terrorism'

Kim Lane Scheppele, Journal of National Security Law & Policy, vol 1, No. 2, 2005.

(A close examination and refutation of the "ticking time-bomb" hypothetical often cited as the circumstance in which torture would be justified and used to begin skiing down the slippery slope.)

See other articles from JNSLP with two symposia, "Fighting Terrorism with Torture: Where To Draw the Line?" and "Lawyers' Roles and the War on Terror."

Torture and Other Secrets

John Calvi is a Quaker healer who has worked with tortured refugees since 1988. His website is www.johncalvi.com.

This article appeared in the November 2005 issue of Peacework, published by the New England Regional Office of the American Friends Service Committee, and reprinted with their permission.

When the Torturers Come Home

Liz Keeney lives in Gambier, Ohio where she is a tutor, chaplain, and baker. She is a member of the Delaware, Ohio Monthly Meeting of Friends.

This article appeared in the November 2005 issue of Peacework, published by the New England Regional Office of the American Friends Service Committee, and is reprinted with their permission.

LAST month John Miller, director of the State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, said that half the victims of human trafficking may be children under 18. Children are "at the center" of the problem of trafficking, which, Mr. Miller noted, is one of the great human rights issues of the 21st century. Published: June 29, 2005, Berkeley, Calif.

A Dangerous Shift of Norms

By Brita Sydhoff

If the entertainment industry, not least Hollywood, reflects a prevailing state of mind in the United States and the West in general, torture may be steadily gaining acceptance as a means of extracting information from suspects.

The Torturers Win

By Op-Ed Columnist BOB HERBERT

Terrible things were done to Maher Arar, and his extreme suffering was set in motion by the United States government. With the awful facts of his case carefully documented, he tried to sue for damages. But last week a federal judge waved the facts aside and told Mr. Arar, in Effect, to get lost. Published: February 20, 2006, The New York Times

Roots of Abu Ghraib in CIA Techniques

50 years of refining, teaching torture found in interrogation manuals

This article was the cover story on The U.S. and Torture in the November 5, 2004, issue of The National Catholic Reporter. © The National Catholic Reporter Publishing Company, 115 E. Armour Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64111. All rights reserved. By JAMES HODGE and LINDA COOPER

Against Torture

David P. Gushee

This is the longer unedited version of the cover article in the February 2006 issue of Christianity Today. The unedited version was taken from Dr. Gushee's website. The published version is available online, along with related links and other articles.