Quote Originally Posted by Lemur View Post
What stands untested and unproved is whether it yields better results than traditional interrogation in terms of actionable intelligence.
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what is torture, and what is a traditional interrogation?

is it tough questions?
is it tough questions while slamming your fist on the table?
is it tough questions whilst threatening to deport your mother?
is it tough questions from a woman who fondles you balls and tells you that your willy is pretty small
is it tough questions while slamming you against a wall?
is it tough questions after 48 hours of happy hardcore induced sleep deprivation?
is it tough questions while you are waterboarded?
is it tough questions after you have spent five hours in a tiny mesh cage whilst captors beat the cage with chains and dogs bark aggressively?

or is it bamboo shoots under the finger nails?
or being strapped to a rack?
or having electrodes attached to your balls?
or being beaten until you can't move?

what is torture?