05-07-2009, 03:04 AM
Quote:Torture might sometimes have yielded some useful information.Way too many people still believe that:(
Governments don't accept all the disadvantages of torture just for unreliable information that could propably have been obtained by other means.
According to the President of the Global Americana Institute in 2006:
http://www.juancole.com/2006/10/craig-murr...ing-terror.html
"...it is because torture is what provides evidence for large important networks of terrorists where there aren't really any, or aren't very many, or aren't enough to justify 800 military bases and a $500 billion military budget."
Or, a more recent article for those who like to see examples:
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/200904...addam_with_9_11
"It turns out that high Bush officials put heavy pressure on Pentagon interrogators to get Mohammed and Zubaydah to say there was a link between Saddam Hussein and the 9/11 hijackers, in order to justify President Bushâs illegal and unnecessary invasion of Iraq in 2003."