&gt; I think it&#x27;s very likely that torture &quot;works&quot; in some sense and certainly everyone practicing it expects it to work.<p>I attack this by stating that &quot;We got far more intelligence by <i>NOT</i> torturing people in WWII.&quot;<p>People want to talk.  If you give them an environment where they can just talk, they can&#x27;t help but tell you valuable things.