Right cause, wrong method!
I am in two minds about this film. But, in the end, this is how I feel.
I can understand the U.S.A. being jumpy post-9/11, but this method of extracting imformation is the wrong thing to do, and a abuse of humna rights.
The U.S. has to be seen to being things "above board". While everything needs to be done to stop true terrorism, the U.S. has to be very careful of the perception that is put across about their methods.
While I don't agree with them getting the wrong people, I still agree that they need to get the right people. So, I would not say that they should abandon chasing terrorists altogether, or extracting information, but it has to be done a better way, to minimise innocent people being wrongly accussed.
I agree with the lawyer friend who said that the husband should be tried in America, with a lawyer. He should have the same rights to trial as anyone, and the U.S.A. would have to prove his innocence. That way, it is transparent, and any criticism would be no different to any trial.
The solution is not to scrap it altogether, but the U.S. needs to get better at weeding out "the wheat and the chaff".
Not only is it important to not arrest the wrong person, but to capture the right person, and make him face justice.