The typical argument for the use of so called "enhanced interrogation" which I will call by the non euphemistic name torture. is lives are on the line and the CIA and military need to get information from terrorists as quick as possible- so why should we be concerned about their rights and humanity - with enough torture they will talk and give you the information you need to hear to diffuse a ticking bomb.
The fundamental flaw in this argument is that it is based on the notion that a terrorist would not lie in order to have the torture end- which is what history show happens.
In order to believe the ticking bomb argument- you should believe the following as well.
1. people in the late medieval period and Renaissance routinely made potions which allowed them to fly on brooms to attend orgies with Satan - these confessions were obtained after torture.
If you even suggest that people may have lied because they were looking for an escape is to invalidate the ticking bomb argument.
3. there was a massive infiltration of German saboteurs in the USSR in the Stalinist era.
2. The U.S. sent pilots into combat in Vietnam who were fresh out of ground school with only enough fuel for a one way flight- and the many other lies American pilots told the guards at the Hanoi Hilton.
If there was a ticking bomb you want to get accurate information as quickly as possible not to allow yourself to follow a wild goose chase where the bomb explodes killing people because the leads were lies.
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