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Originally Posted by bob_98sr5
i'm trying to understand something here: when its waterboarding and a policy of the previous administration that you don't personally like, the results/information is suspect. but when there's no non-physical or mental torture involved and it fits your own political ideology, the information extracted from it is without reproach?
how do you know for sure?
my beef is this: dont take away any tools to extract information. cookies and the nice approach work for some, but not others.
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I only care about the truth. Even though I'm opposed to torture on legal/moral grounds, if there was evidence that it has produced valuable information I'd be more open to it. Read the whole article if you want to know more. It appears that the experts in the interrogation field are opposed to torture on practical grounds, simply because it's counter-productive and not intelligent.
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TIME spoke with several interrogators who have worked for the U.S. military as well as others who have recently retired from the intelligence services (the CIA and FBI turned down requests for interviews with current staffers). All agreed with Soufan: the best way to get intelligence from even the most recalcitrant subject is to apply the subtle arts of interrogation rather than the blunt instruments of torture. "There is nothing intelligent about torture," says Eric Maddox, an Army staff sergeant whose book Mission: Black List #1 chronicles his interrogations in Iraq that ultimately led to the capture of Saddam Hussein. "If you have to inflict pain, then you've lost control of the situation, the subject and yourself."
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