[secretagent]

Yup. Works very well - when, quietly, everybody knows what the viable alternative is.

Not according to Moran. No threat of torture, ever, in his method.

[Netheron]

It's called Good Cop/Bad Cop, and its a cliche because it works.

Moran didn't threaten it, because he didn't have to. He just didn't deny that someone else might bring it up.

Moran would not be able to make it work, if his goverment explicitly denied that it would ever be used.