secret “black site” prison, Mr. Zubaydah, who was badly wounded during his capture in Pakistan, was initially interrogated by a two-man F.B.I. At the end of it, Mr. Zubaydah was indeed a broken man, but he had surrendered no more actionable intelligence. In an Orwellian twist, Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Jessen concluded that their experiment had succeeded because it proved that Mr. Zubaydah could not possibly have any additional intelligence to surrender. No mention was made that the critical intelligence was gleaned by F.B.I. A Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted last year found that nearly two-thirds of Americans believe that torture of terrorism suspects can be justified.

Source: New York Times January 14, 2017 03:37 UTC