CIA Torture After 9/11 Summary

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This will be a comparative analysis between a historical case study and a current issue, as well as how these incidents challenge the emotional intelligence of the American people. The first issue deals with the CIA torture after 9/11. The second refers to the current immigration issues that this country faces. Historical Case Study: CIA Torture After 9/11 The tragic events of September 11, 2001, served as a harsh reminder that the United States was not immune to external threats and needed greater vigilance. It was imperative to send a clear message to the world that such attacks would not be tolerated. However, it's important to acknowledge that the attack was also preventable. Instead of focusing solely on the external forces behind the …show more content…
He believed the lawyers, so he went along with what they said. The trouble is, that they deceived him (C. Smith 2020). The motive for the CIA to lie to the American government and thereby, the American people, was to save American lives (Frederickson 2018). To do that, they had to deny any allegations that these enhanced intelligence techniques were torture. Deception The deception was that the CIA and its operatives chose to keep the truth away from the American people, Congress, the President of the United States, and his cabinet. They willingly misled the Bush Administration to where President Bush believed them enough to support them. When the truth came out, the President still backed the CIA knowing that what they did was wrong, at least in public. Perhaps his personal feelings were/are different, but that cannot be shared in public view. The fifth conclusion of the “Torture Report” is that the CIA repeatedly provided false information to the Department of Justice (DOJ) which in turn obstructed the legal analysis of the program (Feinstein 2012). So, the legal team listened to the CIA, and President Bush listened to his legal
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