11-16-2005, 05:36 AM
McCain and most others twist the truth.(I say this as someone who agrees with him we should make torture illegal especially for the military.)
Im sure hes correct that you wont get reliable answers - most of the time. If someone doesnt know an answer of course they will make one up when they are tortured enough.
But on the other hand sometimes you know the "bad guy" knows the answer. Say you have a terrorist who planted a bomb somewhere and you need the location - chances are you can get it out of him if you have the time.
I can imagine other types of cases where it also might work.
That said we should have a law against it.
Im sure hes correct that you wont get reliable answers - most of the time. If someone doesnt know an answer of course they will make one up when they are tortured enough.
But on the other hand sometimes you know the "bad guy" knows the answer. Say you have a terrorist who planted a bomb somewhere and you need the location - chances are you can get it out of him if you have the time.
I can imagine other types of cases where it also might work.
That said we should have a law against it.