A patrol team from the 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division is responsible for searching suspected rebel hideouts, capturing enemy fighters, and interrogating them. On July 28, 2011, the patrol team was in the city of Baghdad, Iraq, when a roadside bomb took out the first two vehicles in the convoy, killing four soldiers. They immediately stop at the side of the road and take cover while the rest of the convoy comes under small arms fire. A long fight ensues, but the patrol team manages to disarm the insurgents and capture them. The next day, at the camp, the platoon leader assigns several soldiers from the patrol team to interrogate one of the suspects. Explain the technique you want to use to obtain this information. The technique is called waterboarding. It will definitely get the expected results, but it leaves subordinates with the dilemma of whether or not its use will get them into trouble. Emotions are running high because the patrol team lost four of their own just the day before. What should they do? For them the answer may not be crystal clear because they are emotionally charged and probably not too concerned about the well-being of their prisoner. However, waterboarding should be considered torture because it violates Title 18, Part I, Chapter 113C of the United States (US) Code; it is an act of inhumanity based on the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution and is against international treaties established by the Third and Fourth Geneva Conventions. To illustrate this point, however, you first need to know what waterboarding is and its subsequent effects. Waterboarding, as described in current media reports and congressional hearings, is an interrogation technique in which water is forced into a det...... middle of paper... against American personnel or some other worst form of interrogation. Works Cited "International Humanitarian Law - Prisoners of War of the 1929 Geneva Convention". International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) - Home. Np, nd Web. 7 July 2011. "LII: US Code: Home." LII | Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School. Np, nd Web. 9 July 2011. "Constitution of the United States | LII / Legal Information Institute." LII | LII/Institute of Legal Information. Np, nd Web. July 14, 2011. “Waterboarding: A mental as well as physical trauma – TIME.” Breaking News, Analysis, Politics, Blogs, News Photos, Videos, Tech Reviews - TIME.com. Np, nd Web. July 17 2011. .