Forsaking the Moral High Ground: Why Presidential Candidates Err in Supporting Waterboarding and Other Forms of Torture

Two of the candidates remaining in the Republican presidential field — Donald Trump and Ted Cruz — have indicated their support for waterboarding as a means to interrogate suspected terrorists. Ted Cruz defends waterboarding as an “enhanced interrogation technique,” claiming it does not cross the threshold of torture. Donald Trump has gone further, stating that … Continue reading Forsaking the Moral High Ground: Why Presidential Candidates Err in Supporting Waterboarding and Other Forms of Torture