Presidential candidates are often pressed to defend their military policies in the shadow of a ticking time bomb. At a Fox News debate for Republican candidates this year, moderator Brit Hume asked whether torture would be permissible if terrorists had just attacked three malls and a "larger attack" was imminent. At an MSNBC debate for Democratic candidates, "Meet the Press" host Tim Russert imagined a detainee who knew the location of a bomb ticking inside the U.S. "Don't we have the right and responsibility to beat it out of him?" he asked the candidates.
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