Reply #11: thanks for the helpful response.

[aikoaiko]

I didn't know about the emergency clause either. I'll have to look that up. KO is really on the ball lately, but I've missing his show due to work.

The issue of the effectiveness of tortore is an interesting one. I too heard many "experts" in news shows talk about it being unreliable around the time of Abu Ghraib, but they never explain how they came up with that conclusion. Did they actually torture people and compared the accuracy rates of info gleaned from non-tortured individuals? Based on what information do the anti-torture proponents make their claims.

I know this question is replusive in many ways, but I guess these are the times we live in. Even if it is effective, the high moral road may be to still ban it completely. The quetion of whether or not torture works has an empirical answer and I haven't seen an data or reports on the matter. I suppose that sort of information isn't provided to the average citizen.

Thanks again for the helpful and sympathetic response.