Source: Los Angeles Times
Date: Sunday, February 19, 2017
Article: Torture always trickles down
Writer: Darius Rejali
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http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-rejali-trump-torture-20170219-story.html
Answer Key
1. The support for torture has increased support in the U.S. since 2001.
2. 56% of Americans opposed and 39% of Americans supported torture under the George W. Bush presidency.
3. 58% of Americans considered torture justifiable according to a Pew Research Center Survey.
4. People are driven more by social cues, superstition, resentment and indecision in deciding if torture works.
5. People don't consider or think of philosophy, morality or rational outcomes to see if torture works.
6. True, if a president condones torture, those who favor him will support torture.
7. True, if a president does not condone torture, those who favor him will not.
8. "Black Sites" are facilities run by the CIA after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
9. The Wickersham Report was a documented assessment of organized police violence in 1931.
10. The story in the Guardian Newspaper was about a police-run black site in Chicago, Illinois.
11. The name of the Black Site in Chicago was called "Homan Square."
12. U.S. soldiers were introduced to waterboarding in the Philippine-American War.
13. In 1930 waterboarding became common practice nationwide.
14. Jon Burge was the Chicago Police Detective that used torture he learned in Vietnam when he served as military policeman.
15. Richard Zuley is the name of the other police officer, who used torture techniques he learned in Guantanamo as a Navy reserve lieutenant.
16. The Black Site Effect are two things: 1) Governments that kidnapped terror suspects for the CIA or hosted black sites subsequently had worse human rights records. 2) Collaboration with the Black Site program signaled to local police and soldiers that they may work outside the rules.
17. Answers will vary
Date: Sunday, February 19, 2017
Article: Torture always trickles down
Writer: Darius Rejali
U-$0.10-B-0.003856699-BE-26
Go to Questions
Go to 2017 Directory of Books & Authors
Reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darius_Rejali
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-rejali-trump-torture-20170219-story.html
Answer Key
1. The support for torture has increased support in the U.S. since 2001.
2. 56% of Americans opposed and 39% of Americans supported torture under the George W. Bush presidency.
3. 58% of Americans considered torture justifiable according to a Pew Research Center Survey.
4. People are driven more by social cues, superstition, resentment and indecision in deciding if torture works.
5. People don't consider or think of philosophy, morality or rational outcomes to see if torture works.
6. True, if a president condones torture, those who favor him will support torture.
7. True, if a president does not condone torture, those who favor him will not.
8. "Black Sites" are facilities run by the CIA after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
9. The Wickersham Report was a documented assessment of organized police violence in 1931.
10. The story in the Guardian Newspaper was about a police-run black site in Chicago, Illinois.
11. The name of the Black Site in Chicago was called "Homan Square."
12. U.S. soldiers were introduced to waterboarding in the Philippine-American War.
13. In 1930 waterboarding became common practice nationwide.
14. Jon Burge was the Chicago Police Detective that used torture he learned in Vietnam when he served as military policeman.
15. Richard Zuley is the name of the other police officer, who used torture techniques he learned in Guantanamo as a Navy reserve lieutenant.
16. The Black Site Effect are two things: 1) Governments that kidnapped terror suspects for the CIA or hosted black sites subsequently had worse human rights records. 2) Collaboration with the Black Site program signaled to local police and soldiers that they may work outside the rules.
17. Answers will vary
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