Quote Originally Posted by Ser Clegane
I think it would help the discussion if people focused on the actual question that was posed, i.e., what might be viable alternatives to inflicting pain and fear in interrogations.
Different leadership is the alternative.

If you have leaders who encourage harsh techniques, that's what you get: harsh techniques. If you have leaders who want innocents arrested and interrrogated, you get a frustrated staff that vents its frustration on selfsame innocents.

If you want valuable information from suspects or war prisoners, look into the methods of the real experts in interrogation. They have been amply quoted and referred to in the 'old' discussion and you are right we don't need to go there again.