[Nasrudith]

All of that is mere sophistry to justify their crimes. It is an addictive toxic meme like "neccessity" as it at best escalates from any actual neccessity to excusing mistakes to whatever is convenient to whatever they /think/ will help even if actively detrimental like torturing for information. This sort of delusion has a long history - often found as societies rail against "decadence" when it is really what they consider virtue which will be their inevitable downfall.

The secret is that information doesn't matter to the evil fools, it is all a pretext for self justification whether consciously or otherwise. In order for the delusional evil to die and stay dead the secret must be widely exposed.