"No Torture. No Exceptions" Series

""No Torture. No Exceptions" Series"

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Washington Monthly, January/February/March 2008

The immediate, specific results of torture are easier to discern—and thus tend to receive more attention—than the consequences that are remote, inchoate, and immeasurable. Our fear of terrorism, like any other kind of fear, exacerbates this narrowing of cognition. We dwell on hypothetical bits of critical information that we hope will save lives if they can be extracted from hardened terrorists. [...]