That isn't a fact, that's a political argument as so many others stated as fact, when it's not a fact it's a half truth, it's deceptive, so it's not true.
Do you think just talking to people gets a strait answer? Just out of the goodness of their heart? What do you suppose the ratio is on strait interview to lie, as opposed to water boarding, and a lie?
Duress as opposed to relief. Pleasure as opposed to pain. Fear as opposed to security. Those natural motivations inspire talking. The realization that a lie brings on a bad result and the bad side of those the possibility inspires real information to be given.
Sure, the democrats have been building a case that water boarding is torture though they never had a problem with it before when they knew all about it.
Now, oh, it's "torture" so they can make a case that Bush was "torturing". Of course they leave out knowing all about it, lies in denial of knowing about it, which was challenge by Leon Paneta, a long time inside democrat. And leaving out that our allies do it and we never complained, and we don't condemn them. Most importantly, that Obama sends out prisoners for "rendition" in which countries go way beyond water boarding.
Now they have pushed this "they give the wrong information" thing, to the point the sheep think they always get the wrong information. That is not true.
"Oh it's not effective" As opposed to what form of interrogation that gets better results?
Let me let you in on a little secret. The interrogators working for agencies who demand the best results WOULD NOT DO IT IF IT WERE NOT EFFECTIVE. They would do what was effective. They know what is and what is not effective within allowed parameters, more than any group of people in the world.
Why does Obama have a policy of sending out prisoners for real torture, and call it rendition? BECAUSE THAT WORKS EVEN BETTER. Nothing is not 100%, nothing is, but it's the highest % and to say it's less effective? It's not true. 20% on average is a high level of effectiveness in any interrogation, but ratio's go up with time and more interrogations.
Of course there is no average that can be depended on, every case is different and situation plus the individual interrogated determine how probable it is to get good information.
Opiates and psychoactive drugs work well, but that is much worse to me than waterboarding as psychoactive drugs leave long term effects. Opiates can lead to dependency. We don't do it in the US ... Obama has a policy of sending it out. That is so morally superior, right?
Just another Obama shell game.
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