"The detainees at Guantanamo who were water-boarded must have been hardcore terrorists. Otherwise, there would have been no need for the government to torture them." The most likely fallacy here is:
A) Appeal to the crowd
B) Begging the question
C) False dilemma
D) Tu quoque

Question

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The statement assumes what it is trying to prove, that the detainees must be hardcore terrorists because they were tortured, without providing evidence for this claim.

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