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Originally Posted by ctandc

I'm sorry..I must have missed those experienced people who posted evidence that RELIABLE information is not gotten in "torture" cases.

Sure, here is a plethora of it:

According to the U.S. Army's own field manual on interrogation, published in September 2006, torture “is a poor technique that yields unreliable results, may damage subsequent collection efforts, and can induce the source to say what he thinks the [human intelligence] collector wants to hear." As veteran FBI interrogator Joe Navarro put it, "the only thing torture guarantees you is pain.”

Eight Lessons of Torture

Tainted by torture. - By Phillip Carter - Slate Magazine

Pensito Review » Book Review: American Torture — Harvesting the ‘Fruits of Information’

As Otterman points out, torture is the worst way to try to extract information (see interview with the author below). Indeed, he lauds the FBI’s use of nonviolent rapport-building tactics as yielding 1) more useful information, and 2) yielding information that will stand up in a court of law because it was not extracted via violations of a subject’s human rights. That’s why George Bush cannot allow Guantanamo detainees to go to trial — they’ve been tortured and their admissions of guilt, like their proclamations of innocence, were extracted under duress.

Human Rights First | Primetime Torture | Why Torture Makes Us Less Safe