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Originally posted by Spanky
Sometimes they get bad information but they also get good information.
In addition, if people are punished for giving out bad information it would seem to me that that would encourage them to stick with the good information
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I don't have personal experience with the results of torture, but those that do suggest that you have it exactly backbard. Aways you get bad information, but sometimes you get good information. And, of course, you only know who had good information after you already tortured them.
And how do you punish someone you are already torturing?
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When did I say [that I was in favor of torturing innocent people]?
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When you said you are okay with torturing people if there is a .001% chance of getting something useful.
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There is no question many plots have been foiled by information gleaned from captured operatives.
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How many is many? And how many of these heroic thwartings required the use of torture?
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As I said, the whole success of their operation depends on secrecey and their operatives keeping secrets. Their plans (like 9-11) can not work if they lose if a participant blabs. One of their biggest vulnerabilities is information gleaned from captured operatives. It seems logical to me that one of the most effective ways to fight these guys is to capture their people and to get information from them.
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Try not to venture too far past the obvious there, Spanky.
