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Home >  Events >  Torture for Intelligence in the Post-9/11 World
Torture for Intelligence in the Post-9/11 World
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Start:  Wednesday, November 10, 2004  10:00 AM
End:  Wednesday, November 10, 2004  12:00 PM
Location:  Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI
1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036
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After 9/11, serious questions were raised as to the methods that might be used to extract information from terrorists who might threaten U.S. national interests. What constitutes torture? Is it ever justified? What are the legal procedures that the U.S. government can put in place regarding this issue? Jean Bethke Elshtain of the University of Chicago; Sanford Levinson of the University of Texas Law School, who edited a new book of essays titled Torture: A Collection; Kim Scheppele of the University of Pennsylvania Law School; and former Justice Department official John Yoo of AEI and the University of California–Berkeley—will discuss the philosophical, moral, and practical implications of the use of torture for gathering intelligence.

9:45 a.m.

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10:00 Panelists: Jean Bethke Elshtain, University of Chicago
    Sanford Levinson, University of Texas Law School
    Kim Scheppele, University of Pennsylvania Law School
    John Yoo, AEI and University of California–Berkeley
  Moderator: John C. Fortier, AEI
     
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