Essential Questions:
Should Guantanamo bay prison stay open; and is it the only place to keep enemy combatants?
Are enhanced interrogation techniques considered
torture?
Are these techniques acceptable in order to protect the United States from terrorist attacks?
Objectives:
Identify the United States prison at Guantanamo Bay, and analyze the reasons why this prison remains open.
Compare and contrast the opposing viewpoints about the keeping Guantanamo Bay prison open and closing the prison.
Identify enhanced interrogation techniques, and justify or criticize their use in the domestic war on terror, and whether they should be considered torture.
READINGS AND VIDEO AND AUDIO CLIPS
HOMEWORK: LISTEN TO NPR REPORT OBAMA EXECUTIVE ORDERS - TORTURE AND GITMO - 2009
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION PLEDGES TO CLOSE GUANTANAMO - 2008
NIGHTMARE AT GUANTANAMO: CBS 60 MINUTES
VIDEO: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH FROM NATIONAL ARCHIVES MAY 21, 2009 OUTLINING ADMINISTRATION POLICY REGARDING ENHANCED INTERROGATION AND GITMO
VIDEO: DICK CHENEY DEFENDS ENHANCED INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES, SPEECH AT AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE MAY 21, 2009, RESPONSE TO OBAMA ARCHIVES SPEECH
