CIA employed “medieval” torture that brought prisoners “to the point of death - Polidicks

Absolutely deplorable. I feel for the innocent Muslims captured after 9/11 who were tortured and humiliated by the USA.

Might just be me, but "World Socialist Website" is sorta on my list of crazy motherfuckers that are incredibly bias. I mean seriously, look at half the news posts on their website: [t]http://i.imgur.com/UY2eYid.png[/t] ggrrr evil american nato imperialism, grrr capitalism It's like I'm reading a Pro-Russian propaganda website.

[QUOTE=MuffinZerg;45943037]The point is to get information out of someone or scare others. Torture solves both pretty good. No matter what you believe in - under torture anyone breaks and tells everything.[/QUOTE] torture is one of the worst ways to get information

[QUOTE=Grimhound;45941515]Torture doesn't work. The fuckers who believe whole hog in this shit think you torturing them makes their personal heaven better when they die. You need to come up with a way where you can see the thoughts in their heads while discussing topics to seed the memory to drag up details.[/QUOTE] Torture usually does work. Honestly, this is pretty light torture compared to the shit that you can do to make a person really suffer, mentally and physically. I'm not saying it's right, it's fucked up beyond all measures and I'm absolutely disguisted that this is what my nation has come to, but it [i]definitely[/i] works and it works pretty well.

[QUOTE=LSK;45947437]Torture usually does work. Honestly, this is pretty light torture compared to the shit that you can do to make a person really suffer, mentally and physically. I'm not saying it's right, it's fucked up beyond all measures and I'm absolutely disguisted that this is what my nation has come to, but it [i]definitely[/i] works and it works pretty well.[/QUOTE] There's a reason testimony made under duress is often found inadmissible.

What. Reading the post it makes it seem like regular waterboarding ISN'T torture.

[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;45946321]Might just be me, but "World Socialist Website" is sorta on my list of crazy motherfuckers that are incredibly bias. I mean seriously, look at half the news posts on their website: [t]http://i.imgur.com/UY2eYid.png[/t] ggrrr evil american nato imperialism, grrr capitalism It's like I'm reading a Pro-Russian propaganda website.[/QUOTE] WSWS is the pet project of the Socialist Equality Party, which in the United States is generally [del]discredited[/del][URL="http://www.reddit.com/r/socialism/comments/26lpg4/what_is_your_opinion_on_the_wsws_are_they_a/"]controversial[/URL] [URL="http://www.reddit.com/r/socialism/comments/2e5p9j/what_activities_can_members_of_wsws_take_part_in/"]even[/URL] in [URL="http://www.reddit.com/r/socialism/comments/1xc0sv/wswsorg_has_been_blacklisted/"]socialist[/URL] circles. You basically have to be a hardcore Trot or Marxist-Leninist to be on board with alot of their stuff. They do decent reporting, especially on local issues, but you need to watch out for their biases. They're also sectarian as fuck.

[QUOTE=LSK;45947437]Torture usually does work. Honestly, this is pretty light torture compared to the shit that you can do to make a person really suffer, mentally and physically. I'm not saying it's right, it's fucked up beyond all measures and I'm absolutely disguisted that this is what my nation has come to, but it [i]definitely[/i] works and it works pretty well.[/QUOTE] it doesn't though. It leads to false intel. The things people say when they fear for their lives, and are about to go through extreme pain are literally anything the torturer wants to hear. It's often made up. It's often total bullshit. [editline]11th September 2014[/editline] you've watched too many movies.