Paul ADK
2008-01-06 10:35:22
Torture is nasty business, a last resort, and I suspect we all agree that evidence derived as a result of torture should never be admissible in a court of law.
Actionable intelligence however is not the same thing as evidence. When we are not “looking to bring someone to justice” but disrupt the terrorist plot, find the prisoner, locate the radioactive material, there is no rational reason not to countenance the use of extraordinary techniques. When the fate of your child, your city, your entire way of life is at stake, only a blithering ideological idiot will continue to shout “Don’t go there.”
