Begs the question: Is torture ever appropriate? My recollection is that the Guy Fawkes plot was brought to light by torture. The liberal would have preferred that king and Parliament have been blown to smithereens?
Please, you are making the asumption that the liberals care what brings them to power. They would have financed him if they were out of power.
Its more likely that they fear that someone might get interrogated who can name names.