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The "ticking time bomb scenario" is subject of the drama The Dershowitz Protocol by Canadian author Robert Fothergill. In that play, the American government has established a protocol of "intensified interrogation" for terrorist suspects which requires participation of the FBI , CIA and the Department of Justice.
Torture and the Ticking Bomb is a 2007 book by Bob Brecher in which the author examines ticking time bomb scenario, provides arguments against justifying torture based on consequentialist grounds and attacks interrogational torture and its legalisation. [1] [2]
The ticking time bomb scenario is extremely rare, if not impossible, [54] [136] but is cited to justify torture for interrogation. Fictional portrayals of torture as an effective interrogational method have fueled misconceptions that justify the use of torture. [137]
The CQC said a record high of 496,897 children and young people in England were waiting for, or undergoing, mental health treatment in November 2023.
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The subject being interrogated may also deliberately lie in order to waste the interrogators' time and make it more likely for the bomb to go off. One last possibility is that the detainee is innocent, and no amount of torture or threats of violence will yield the information that the interrogators are searching for.
Asked if he believes Edward was a “ticking time-bomb” who would have eventually moved from rhetoric to physical violence, Mr Clark said: “Mr Edward through our investigations had clearly ...