In a small sign of hope that John Burge will be brought to justice for torture, Gordon B. Nash Jr. served as chief of the special prosecution division in 1977 and 1978 was appointed to the investigation.
Whether the US should torture people is an assanine question. What do you get from torture? Lot’s of made up garbage, as has been documented in Illinois.
It isn’t a question of using torture, it is a question of getting rid of it here. Torture is inhumane and ineffective. The only reason to push for it is out of a sense of sadism. Armchair Strangeloves who think we should use it fail to grasp what torture actually does which is create every incentive to end torture whether it is by telling the truth or a lie.
Several weeks ago, Steven Chapman identified the particularly problematic slippery slope issues with allowing torture under some circumstances.
Now, if one is trying to stop a nuke in two hours is torture ok? I’m sure we can forgive the individual who makes that choice, but otherwise, torture is off limits.