&quot;Here are eight cases cited in the report where the C.I.A. made the case that its tactics thwarted plots and led to the capture of terrorists, and how the committee&#x27;s report undercut those accounts.&quot;<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;interactive&#x2F;2014&#x2F;12&#x2F;08&#x2F;world&#x2F;does-torture-work-the-cias-claims-and-what-the-committee-found.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;interactive&#x2F;2014&#x2F;12&#x2F;08&#x2F;world&#x2F;does-tor...</a><p>Full report:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.feinstein.senate.gov&#x2F;public&#x2F;index.cfm&#x2F;senate-intelligence-committee-study-on-cia-detention-and-interrogation-program" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.feinstein.senate.gov&#x2F;public&#x2F;index.cfm&#x2F;senate-inte...</a><p>Torture is illegal under the Eight Amendment.  The Supreme Court has affirmed this multiple times.<p>If we&#x27;re going to go against legal precedent as well as international convention, the burden of proof for torture&#x27;s effectiveness is on torture advocates.  The evidence provided does not stand up to scrutiny.