Ali Soufan, former FBI special agent:
Public bravado aside, the defenders of the so-called enhanced interrogation techniques are fast running out of classified documents to hide behind. The three that were released recently by the C.I.A. — the 2004 report by the inspector general and two memos from 2004 and 2005 on intelligence gained from detainees — fail to show that the techniques stopped even a single imminent threat of terrorism.
This is a good article by someone who knows what he is talking about. We tortured people and got nothing for it.
We need to stop calling it “enhanced interrogation techniques” and start calling it by its true name, torture.