I am not overlooking history or assuming anything. “There will always be” and “there actually cusrrently is” are two very different statements, So to the question “is their is no such set of circumstances that justifies enhanced interrogation? your anwer is “no”.

This includes isolation, sleep deprivation and the many other techniques listed under this heading.

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Thought one: People abuse handguns so should we make it so no one has the right to bear arms? People abused torture so should we make it illegal under any circumstance? I think there are circumstances which would warrant stressing the enemy. I am no expert but I think we should fix the policy so we don’t handcuff ourselves in those prudent situations.

Thought two: The huffington post as a publication is nothing more than hollywood rubbish. If your looking for fair and balanced spend your time elsewhere.

Clarification: I am open to the possibility that a situation could arise that “enhanced interrogation” may be required. The very nature of such decisions are complex and time sensitive making the management of such a difficult problem to say the least. The interrogator on the video link you provided certainly should be heard as should other interrogators and experts in the proper setting. The fact that there were “thousands” of interrogations which he oversaw is definitelty concerning to me especially if they utilized “torture” but I am not sure what constitutes “torture” and or an interrogation or what the protocol for such a typical interrogation (as he oversaw).

Given we are in a situation where we need to aquire tactical information that could cause the loss of US lives, what form of interrogation would you suggest (think time sensitive)we use?

Do you think prolonged isolation is unacceptable?

Its about circumstances and boundaries. If you don’t know the circumstances how can you possibley judge the boundaries. If you think that their is no such set of circumstances that justified enhanced interrogation then I gues we will just have to agree to disagree.