"...given that I knew 100% that A had the information" When you start a sentence in this context "If I knew for certain", brucie, I think you are moving out of the real world.

"If I believed I knew for certain..." is a more realistic start for a hypothetical.

Just because I believe something doesn't make it so, no matter how certain I may be.
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"It should not be used as a training method. But, it isn't that I'm aware of."


From The Boston Globe Torture at Abu Ghraib followed CIA's manual