[ramblerman]

Yes and no. In the case of somebody who has information waterboarding is generally an 'efficient' strategy. i.e. you have the guy you know hid the bomb somewhere in manhattan.

It's just very hard to tell when somebody doesn't know anything. And they will start making up information to make it stop. i.e. 10 guys and you have reason to believe one of them may have hidden a bomb somewhere.

[hnhg]

An example of when the information is fabricated: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1...

[7952]

Although that guy has a massive incentive to not tell you anything. They just have to hold out for a few hours.