> If torture didn't work, Kiefer Sutherland would never have gotten anywhere. But if everyone were against torture, the show wouldn't have existed. If you want

> If torture didn't work, Kiefer Sutherland would never have gotten anywhere. But if everyone were against torture, the show wouldn't have existed. If you want to see a fictional counterpoint to the "torture works" argument, I'd encourage you to watch Burn Notice. It has a blacklisted CIA operative who fights crime in Miami and one of his mottoes is "Torture doesn't always get you the truth. It gets you the quickest lie that will stop the torture" (he does a voiceover narration). Instead of torture he uses deception, misdirection, and other tradecraft to extract secrets. For example, he kidnaps his target and holds him in a dark warehouse, then has himself beaten up by an associate and put in the warehouse as a "fellow" captive, thus gaining his confidence (it's much better on-screen, I've probably forgotten some details).