October 15, 2004

Inadmissible Evidence: Terror, Torture, and the World Today

By GEOFFREY GALT HARPHAM

Since September 11, 2001, two terms have come to dominate the cultural conversation: terror and torture. These familiar words have been given new emphasis in light of recent events. Although they are not etymologically related, they do have several points in common, and, together, they suggest the real nature of the crisis that confronts us. The crisis rightly has military and political dimensions, but it is more than that. The current obsession with terror and torture bespeaks a deep and

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