Does Torture Work? How Illegal Interrogations Hurt the U.S. - The Daily Beast: "There's no way to know which lead is worth pursuing'"risking human life and limited resources '" and which should be disregarded. And by resorting to torture, experienced interrogators report, less truthful information can be produced than if traditional, lawful techniques were used. Results also come more slowly because detainees buckle down and resist."
Thus Andrea Prasow of Human Rights Watch. Indeed the entire military approach to terrorism is primitive. Sherlock Holmes is the model for countering terror. An approach which leaves the other side guessing, not rubbing its hands at the costs it has generated.
So much more could be done if people took a deep breath, looked beyond the box and used their own heads.
It would be bad for mortuaries though.
