re: #49 b_sharp

The only plots that are important are those that were foiled because of the information and those that were not foiled.

Agreed. Let’s suppose half of his confessions were bullshit. Of the real plots maybe another half would have fallen apart or not worked. That leaves maybe 25% of his original list.
Here comes the moral conundrum: Let’s suppose maybe one or two of those plots were foiled. How many lives saved would it take to make it worth waterboarding him? 50? 100? 1,000? 100,000? Let’s admit it, at some point there’s a moral obligation to do it.