In the essay, you will critically evaluate features of intelligence practices from a broader socioeconomic perspective. Students will bring to bear theories they have learned in class to address
overarching themes such as secrecy, ethics, democracy, etc.
Essay topic:
Should the United States ever practice enhanced interrogation? No matter what your
answer is be sure to consider, legal, ethnical and strategic considerations. Also be sure to
consider several different scenarios against several types of targets.
Essay Grading rubric:
Each of the following criteria will be graded from 1 to 5
Task Weight
The paper make a clear argument and address the costs and benefits of that position. 20
The paper considers alternative perspectives and weighs the costs and benefits of
those perspectives.
20
The paper clearly defines key concepts 5
The paper establishes a standard against which to evaluate different positions 10
The paper introduces accurate, relevant evidence for its position. 20
The paper ties evidence to the core of the argument 10
The paper is clearly written and well-structured. 10
The paper cites relevant literature 5
A few potential sources (may use all or none)
Bean, Hamilton. “Is Open Source Intelligence an Ethical Issue?” Is Open Source Intelligence an Ethical Issue? | Emerald Insight, 26 Jan. 2011, www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/S0196-1152(2011)0000019024/full/html.
https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/S0196-1152(2011)0000019024/full/html
Nordgren, Loran F., et al. “What Constitutes Torture?: Psychological Impediments to an Objective Evaluation of Enhanced Interrogation Tactics.” Psychological Science, vol. 22, no. 5, May 2011, pp. 689–694, doi:10.1177/0956797611405679.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797611405679#articleCitationDownloadContainer
Mitchell, James E., and Bill Harlow. Enhanced Interrogation: inside the Minds and Motives of the Islamic Terrorists Trying to Destroy America. Crown Forum, 2016.
https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=-BZbCwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=enhanced+interrogation&ots=UEH1sm8H3H&sig=A1A1Um5dbRRj_FD2oIMFpq08ukM#v=onepage&q&f=false
Johnson, Douglas A., et al. “The Strategic Costs of Torture: How ‘Enhanced Interrogation’ Hurt America.” Foreign Affairs, vol. 95, no. 5, 2016, pp. 121–132., www.jstor.org/stable/43946963. Accessed 18 Nov. 2020.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/43946963?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
Marks, David F. “American Psychologists, the Central Intelligence Agency, and Enhanced Interrogation.” Health Psychology Open, July 2018, doi:10.1177/2055102918796610.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2055102918796610#articleCitationDownloadContainer
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