Torture finally gets discredited in the mainstream media

For years I've been writing about how torture does not work. Not only is torture morally reprehensible and illegal, it has also been proven ineffective in producing actionable intelligence.

But, until now, the mainstream media (and therefore the general American couch-sitting public) haven't adequately explored the issue. Aside from showing us a few of the tamer Abu Ghraib photos a couple of years ago, cable news and the corporate press didn't really go there. There was no real analysis.

Hopefully that is changing, and hopefully this new article from Newsweek is a positive sign in that regard.

An excerpt:

For two years now, a group of experts on interrogation has been helping intelligence agencies formulate new rules for grilling terrorism suspects. Comprising psychologists and other specialists, the group has completed one long report and is working on another. Both volumes describe the techniques the United States has used on Iraqi and Al Qaeda suspects since the attacks of September 11, 2001, as outdated and often ineffective.

So there you go. In other words, we're torturing people for nothing. Why?

Read the complete Newsweek article: The Art of Interrogation