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WaPo: How a Detainee Became an Asset

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JarHeadLifer8/30/2009 10:40:59 am PDT

re: #46 Lucius Septimius

I actually have spent much of the last 6 or 7 years studying torture and its utility for information gathering. Short answer: it works, …

I’ve noticed of late, that many of the “torture” critics have dropped the “and it doesn’t work” argument prior to this WaPo story being published. It’s been replaced with the “Even if it works, it doesn’t mean we should do it” argument.

When the life of my children is on the line, I’m going to have to go with “anything that works, we should do” argument. The Constitution is not a suicide pact - we shouldn’t forget it.