Reference no: EM133350890

Case Study: Detainee Interrogations Scenario One You are a therapist in independent practice. Several government officials arrive at your office to explain that one of your clients has been placed in a high-security center for questioning. The Department of Homeland Security has reason to believe that your cli- ent has knowledge of a terrorist network planning a massive attack. An interrogation team hopes to obtain enough information from your client, who has so far refused to discuss the topic, in time to prevent the attack. Emphasizing that lives are at stake and there is no time to waste, the officials ask for your client's evaluation and treatmentrecords so they can be faxed immediately to the interrogation team. They ask {011.th accompany them to the holding center so that the interrogation teamdcaairclpnsu t w1t you about the strategies most likely to gain the client's trust and persua e to Icooper- ate. They also ask you to talk with your client because he trusts you. When you esitate, they stress that the attack may be only a matter of hours away-and surely you would not want to be the one person who could have prevented the attack and Whose delay or refusal to help resulted in widespread death and destruction. What ethical issues does this scenario raise? What reasons would you give for coop- erating fully, cooperating in some ways but not in others, or refusing to cooperate with the government officials?

Questions

1. Summarize the case

2. What ethical issues does this scenario raise?

3. What reasons would you give for cooperating fully, cooperating in some ways but not in others, or refusing to cooperate with the government officials?