ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in the preceeding chapters of this book. The book demonstrates that variables and narrowly drafted legal rules can be undermined by the mechanisms that cause slippage. Stress, error, poor discipline and leadership are the failure to understand or follow rules, and tolerance of abuse have been identified in this book as causes of slippage. The first argument is based on the ticking bomb hypothetical in which it is suggested that if the police arrest a suspect who is deemed to have planted a ticking bomb. The various component parts of the hypothetical have all been expansively defined by proponents of legalisation and in the real world use of interrogational torture. As soon as the door to torture is opened, it is clear from the evidence discussed in these book. The methods to gain infrastructure disclosures in various counter-terrorism operations including the CIAs HVD programme, Northern Ireland and Algeria.
