I heard on npr radio that the purpose of torture is to intimidate, not extract information. Which makes it all clear. Incentives for information: 1.) Extract i

I heard on npr radio that the purpose of torture is to intimidate, not extract information. Which makes it all clear. Incentives for information: 1.) Extract information. 2.) The information should be useful. Incentives for intimidation: 1.) Information extraction is of no concern. 2.) The torture should be so shocking, and awesome, that George Carlin style many extra syllables need to be added to the word "tor-ture" like when Diane Feinstein says the supersized Orwellian phrase that "tor-ture" has become. 3.) The details of the torture should be made public.