Unthinkable

As some of you are aware, I spend a lot of time watching movies. Since I don't usually choose what is to be watched, we often watch 'R' rated movies minus anything with nudity. Recently we watched 'Unthinkable' with Samuel L. Jackson. The point of the movie was to take a personal inventory as to how you feel about torturing terrorists. The terrorism took place within the United States and the suspect had information involving three planted nuclear bombs in very populous cities. The terrorist happened to be a United States citizen with a wife and two children. So, 4 lives versus millions is what it boils down to for the high ranking individuals tasked to save us from terror. The movie also implied that if the three bombs did go off, we would be faced with a Constitution-less nation and government. So, 4 individuals vs. millions plus the United States as we know it. Where does one draw the line? The spectrum ranges from a zero tolerance to torture policy all the way to a zero tolerance for terrorism policy (do whatever necessary to get answers). What is at stake? Our morality as a nation vs. our freedoms and potentially our lives. Why our morality? Is it against our moral code to torture someone to confess something in order to save many innocent lives? What about the conviction that we have the best possible government at this time? How far are we willing to go to ensure the Constitution stays intact? (In a way, allowing torture, especially of an American citizen goes directly against the Constitution). The reasoning was the fact that the threat included a very short timeline for the bombs to detonate. There was literally no time for due process. The suspect deliberately allowed himself to be turned in to prove a point about torture, yet it didn't make that apparent in the movie, only to the movies audience. Everyone involved would be able to keep things quiet from public knowledge, so that part didn't make sense to me. In any case, it is something to think about I suppose.