[DanBC]

Most people in Gitmo were not captured by US forces on the battlefield (only 5% were captured by American forces) - the rest were captured by Afghan forces and handed over in return for money.

The intelligence that you get from someone being tortured is worthless - people say whatever you want to hear in oder to make the torture stop.

There is never a situation where there's some ticking bomb.

Finally, torture is prohibited under a wide number of international treaties. Even the US uses phrases like "Enhanced Interogation Techniques" because they accept that torture is wrong.