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... information from those willing to die for their cause. Yet the definition of torture as set out in the CAT is specifically worded to protect people from being subjected to abuse in order to relinquish information otherwise not willing to give up.2 Thus it becomes a pertinent question as to whether these methods are appropriate when one considers the circumstances required to combat terrorism, and this essay shall attempt to answer this question by looking a various arguments for and against the use of torture in combating terrorism. The Ticking Bomb Perhaps the most pertinent issue regarding the justification of torture is the ongoing and vibrant debate surrounding the 'ticking bomb' concept. This is a notion that supposes that authorities have arrested a known terrorist who has knowledge of an imminent attack and how to stop or prevent it. For example, ASIO has Abu Bakar Bashir under surveillance, and legally arrests him ...