American Interrogation Techniques
Though determined illegal in the law of war under the third Geneva Convention, after the 9/11 attacks, waterboarding and other forms of enhanced-interrogation techniques were found not to constitute torture. After the CIA confessed their use of waterboarding on al-Qaeda members in 2005, they defended the practice, stating that it was effective in producing vital information. In 2008, under the Obama-administration, waterboarding and other forms of interrogation were stated to be a violation of human rights, and are no longer used as an attempt to preserve the United States reputation as a defender of human rights.
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Al-Qaeda Torture Methods
In May 2007, American forces uncovered an Al-Qaeda torture chamber. In in they found a number of torture devices including electric drills, hammers, blow torches, meat cleavers, pliers, wire cutters, chains, screw drivers, whips, and handcuffs. Drawings in an interrogation manual also depicted how to drill hands, sever limbs, properly drag victims behind cars, remove eyes, use a blowtorch, electrocute someone, and put a head in a vice.
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