Skipy

problem is, ALL people (including, you, me and the President of the US) will say anything to stop torture. ANYTHING. and so, if we don't have any information, WILL MAKE UP INFORMATION to stop the torture, and thus lead investigators on a wild goose chase following up wrong information.

and if we are guilty and have people or an operation to protect, we will still MAKE UP INFORMATION to stop the torture, and thus lead investigators on a wild goose chase following up wrong information. and ten to one, being unethical, maniacal bombers, or being criminally insane, or being the President of the US, we will dob in people who we either suspect, hate or don't like and accomplish two missions in the one go - gaining favour with the torturers and thus gaining protection, and sending them off after our enemies.

Torture is an admission by the torturing authorities that they have no evidence. It is a wildly unreliable form of investigation. And it breaks down all the rules. If their government knows your government will torture, all POWs from your government will be tortured. and that could be you.

apart from being evil, cruel and ineffective, torture requires sociopaths to suggest it, observe it, and administer it. And once those people are in enough position of power in any society to do that, no one is safe.