Interrogatory torture is one of the many difficult ethical issues debated in the United States. Is it right or is it wrong? Many believe that the United States does not practice intense interrogation acts such as torture. Many people have fought to abolish all forms of torture while many fight to maintain some forms of torture to help maintain peace. Believe it or not, torture is and will always be an ethical dilemma that arises. According to Joycelyn M. Pollock, torture is defined as the deliberate infliction of violence and, through violence, severe mental and/or physical suffering on individuals. Torture, according to Christopher Tindale quoted in Bob Brecher's Torture and the Ticking bomb, describes torture as: “any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for the purpose of obtaining from it information or confessions of a person or a third person, punish that person for an act committed or suspected of having been committed, or intimidate or dehumanize that person or other persons” (Brecher). Brecher explains that torture cannot be defined but only described because it is such a real thing, and real things cannot be defined because they are constantly changing. Should torture be used to obtain important information? First you need to ask yourself if interrogation torture works. As described by Brecher, torture is not a useful tool for obtaining information regarding the time bomb scenario. Brecher argues several things that discourage the use of interrogatory torture. First, from the perspective of the person held captive, he knows that if he knows the location of a bomb, for example, it will be... middle of paper... a case involving extraordinary events. deliveries is the case of a Canadian citizen named Maher Arar. Arar was arrested by US officials because he allegedly had links to al Qaeda. He was deported to Syria where he was imprisoned and tortured. In 2009, documents released by the Obama administration reveal that the Bush administration ordered the use of torture against alleged Al Qaeda suspects 266 times (Breehner). The debate is open on torture and interrogations. There will always be conflicting points of view and arguments. The war on terrorism has changed the way we handle suspected terrorists, and the right way to handle them will always be a matter of debate. Whether torture works or doesn't work, whether it is morally right or morally wrong may be viewed differently by everyone and will certainly be at the forefront of ethical dilemmas in the criminal justice field..