"They cannot be granted special permission to violate human rights, or the laws of the nation they have sworn to serve, to avoid the risk they voluntarily assumed."

Would this apply to your first paragraph FL? Or would it be acceptable to use modern interrorgation methods, to gain such info? I do not agree with using such methods on innocent people in any way.

In the UK they throw politiians out at the drop of a hat it seems, I accept it would be different for American politicians.