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well, if you look at campaigns which relied heavily on the use of torture to extract information, they're a pretty ambiguous lot--france in algeria comes to mind. in the end, the damage done politically and ethically outweighed any advantage gained through its use. it is pretty obvious that once information about the systematic use of torture got out, it galvanized the opposition to the algerian war and that opposition in significant measure explained the outcome. algeria became indepedent in 1964. the agreement happened in 1962.
personally, i think it is useless as an information gathering tactic, appalling ethically and politically can be a disaster of proportions that outweigh any possible advantage gained through it.
i dont buy the quid pro quo arguments above.
no time to develop this any further at the moment.
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