[Seydlitz]

The fact that the compartmentalize information makes it all the more important to maximize the number of prisoners. The time value of information argues for the same goal. Intelligence gathering is putting together a hugely complex jigsaw puzzle, so why throw out so many pieces just for the heck of it?

Killing them all appeals to our emotions, so I sympathize, but it is logically counter-productive.

[TADSLOS]

I tell you what, you detain them on your property, pay for their upkeep and run the risk of getting killed in the process over some month old tidbit of information that 'may' lead to something. I say kill 'em where they stand, no questions, no quarter. That's the way they would treat you and I given the chance. You want intel, let's start by rounding up Islamic extremists living under our nose for a change and conduct some good old fashioned heavy handed interviews in a dark room.