The War on Terror, initiated by the US Government under George W. Bush, reintroduced torture as an overt tool of the state. The Australian Government was heavily implicated in colluding and covering up the US torture program. Drawing on a model of outrage management, newspaper articles from 2002-2012 reveal extensive evidence that government officials, their agents, and the media, utilised methods that served to reduce outrage over the use of torture in the War on Terror. These tactics not only inhibited outrage, but promoted acceptance of torture as a legitimate security tool in the post 9/11 era. There is significant evidence that government officials, and a mostly compliant media, engaged in cover-up, either by omitting information, dest...
It is a curious fact that torture and terrorism tend to go hand in hand. When liberal states that wo...
September 11, 2001 was an infamous day in American history that shocked not only the U.S. but also t...
When images of abusive and sexually-degrading behaviour by United States and British troops circulat...
This article is about the normalization of interrogational torture and coercion from 2001 to 200...
Existing research suggests that the use of harsh repression can exacerbate the incidence and duratio...
The United States has historically been regarded as a moral leader opening the pathway for human rig...
Beginning in 2002, lawyers for the Bush Administration began producing the now infamous legal memora...
This article examines alternative sites of accountability for torture carried out in the war on terr...
Is it the duty of government to protect its citizens and their society at all costs? Does a governm...
The \u27War on Terror\u27 has prompted a great deal of discussion about the use of torture as a mean...
The term “torture” typically evokes images of physically brutal violence. Coercive interrogation tec...
ABSTRACT: Following the September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, much support for tort...
Why does torture persist despite its prohibition? Scholars, policymakers, and the public have heavil...
Australia’s treatment of refugees and asylum seekers has been found to constitute a regime of cruelt...
The use of torture by the Bush administration has raised important questions regarding the strength ...
It is a curious fact that torture and terrorism tend to go hand in hand. When liberal states that wo...
September 11, 2001 was an infamous day in American history that shocked not only the U.S. but also t...
When images of abusive and sexually-degrading behaviour by United States and British troops circulat...
This article is about the normalization of interrogational torture and coercion from 2001 to 200...
Existing research suggests that the use of harsh repression can exacerbate the incidence and duratio...
The United States has historically been regarded as a moral leader opening the pathway for human rig...
Beginning in 2002, lawyers for the Bush Administration began producing the now infamous legal memora...
This article examines alternative sites of accountability for torture carried out in the war on terr...
Is it the duty of government to protect its citizens and their society at all costs? Does a governm...
The \u27War on Terror\u27 has prompted a great deal of discussion about the use of torture as a mean...
The term “torture” typically evokes images of physically brutal violence. Coercive interrogation tec...
ABSTRACT: Following the September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, much support for tort...
Why does torture persist despite its prohibition? Scholars, policymakers, and the public have heavil...
Australia’s treatment of refugees and asylum seekers has been found to constitute a regime of cruelt...
The use of torture by the Bush administration has raised important questions regarding the strength ...
It is a curious fact that torture and terrorism tend to go hand in hand. When liberal states that wo...
September 11, 2001 was an infamous day in American history that shocked not only the U.S. but also t...
When images of abusive and sexually-degrading behaviour by United States and British troops circulat...