With the war on “terror” my mind has wondered through ways of getting information. One common way of doing this is torture. There has been much hubub as to whether torture is neccesary. I think it is, though it should be used in extreme cases (McCane has taken much heat over this). Where that line is, I don’t know. The circumstances are rare that we know whether or not there is solid information. I also would like to note that results could be grim; when and if this were to happen I expect the world community to understand.

Here is a compelling argument that torture does not work. I feel the article overlooks whether the information has been gleened. For a low man on the totum pole the information is probably not worth much, but the higher & higher one gets… Any truth gleaned is invaluable. Though, this truth must be verified and cannot be taken at face value.

Ultimately torture is of little use to those whome one doesn’t know how much they know and have little to no access to crucial information. Making more subtle methods practical.

For me, currently, a common practice of torture is worthless and not good for American policy. But I do believe in the option of resorting to it in those rare cases of great need. Torture is not a happy feel good subject, nor should it be. But it can still be neccesary.