Should civilized nations use "Enhanced Interrogation" techni

[--Pete]

Hi,

I still believe there are non torture interrogation techniques that can generally get you all the actionable information you are going to get and that torture is generally not effective for good info.

Depends on how you define torture. If, like some, you consider harsh language to be torture, then, no, there are none. Clearly, if someone has information you want, and he doesn't want to give it to you, you are going to either 'force' it out of him or do without. Saying 'pretty please' isn't going to do it. Neither is putting him up at a five star hotel with unlimited room service.

This whole discussion is predicated on just what torture is. And since there seems to be no consensus, there's little left to discuss.

--Pete