I don't believe any experts on the matter ever said it "never" works?
At best you might get some pertinent information but in the majority of cases they will say literally anything especially what you want to hear to stop the torture, no matter how minimal the couch generals on here thinks it is!
I am not against torture in certain situations, in fact if someone had my son or daughter for example, and I knew someone might know their whereabouts, you might want to leave the area if you have a weak stomach.
On the other hand we have signed international agreements guaranteeing that we would not torture so that in theory our own troops will not be brutalized. Hasn't proven to be the case but we did make the agreement binding! Maybe we should just add an "as long as you don't do it we won't either" clause. Changing the definition to suit ourselve's isn't exactly what I would call ethical behavior either. If we are going to do it, then just do it and quit trying to cover it up with this "if nobody can prove it, it didn't happen" nonsense!
