I don't think torture has to be justified to those looking to employ it. It is the most brutal method to rock someone's core, to break them as a person. Becaus

I don't think torture has to be justified to those looking to employ it. It is the most brutal method to rock someone's core, to break them as a person. Because of the current technological progress, we cannot just hack into someone's brain. The availability of methods for information extraction today are slim, you have a lot of officers who lost people, had their own tortured, and are looking demonstrate tenacious resolve in the face of an enemy. I disagree with the use torture, it is sadistic. However in some context it is not inconceivable to why some would use it.