Not meaning to sound like a torture advocate, but I think this is a little facile. Torture is an, er, skill, part of which is knowing when to stop, how much to apply, what will not work on whom, etc.
--- On Thu, 4/23/09, Wojtek Sokolowski <swsokolowski at yahoo.com> wrote:
> If you want my opinion, I think that intelligence obtained
> through torture of any kind is basically garbage - not just
> useless but counterproductive, as the informants have every
> incentive to "confess" regardless of the truth function of
> that "confession." But that is my value judgment,
> which is beside the point.
>
> Wojtek