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To: Zionist Conspirator
Ironically, I have always been against torture for a very practical reason: if you hurt someone badly enough you can get them to say anything in order to get you to stop, and any such "confession" is useless.

That applies anyway, torture or no torture, Intelligence and professional interrogation is not made useless because someone discovers lying.

Interrogation is not based on the premise that a secret agent or a source of information is not allowed to lie, or that you have no idea what to ask them, or how to discern lies from truth.

They don't just grab a guy and tell him "you look interesting, tell us something, anything, about anything, we don't know or care, we just want to hear stuff, then we will dispatch a SEAL team behind enemy lines, or a high risk bombing raid, or call off a presidential trip for no particular reason, just your say-so".

144 posted on 04/30/2014 5:22:44 PM PDT by ansel12 ((Libertarianism offers the transitory concepts and dialogue to move from conservatism, to liberalism)
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To: ansel12

All excellent points, though once again, the ultimate guide is Divine Law.


146 posted on 04/30/2014 5:24:37 PM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (The Left: speaking power to truth since Shevirat HaKelim.)
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