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But how do you acertain what detainee X knows for sure? Like Chris said, you can get information out of just about anyone. It just might not be right. With all of those people it'd be almost impossible to make sure who knows what. Then, if you do start torturing someone, where do you draw the line before you decide he doesn't know anything or whether or not he's telling the truth? Do you take him right to the edge of death and then, if he hasn't spoken or if he's spoken but given incorrect information, do you let him go? Do you lightly "jog his memory" and hope he's got a weak will? This is another example of a slippery downhill slope where judgement takes the place of reason. There are no rules for torture and as much as I'd love to see some tip save innocent lives, I don't think it's worth the moral inequities of torturing people who know nothing ad nauseam to attempt to get information. Hell...we have one of the most evolved intelligence gathering communities in the world. Using torture to get information would insult said community. Either you have faith in the intelligence collected or you use torture. You pick.