[Strategerist]

You must habg out with a unique bunch of people.

I make an attempt to actually know what I'm talking about rather than buying into mythology.

Of course there are lots of countries that do a lot of physical torture in "Interrogations."

They don't do it to get information, they do it for intimidation and fear purposes.

[Pharmboy]

Thanks for sharing. I feel privileged to having been replied to by someone as well informed as you.

[Khurkris]

A very good primer on prisoner interrogation techniques is a book named "SILENCE WAS A WEAPON by STUART A. HERRINGTON." Written by a CIA district officer during the VN war. He quickly learns that violence was counter-productive. It takes time to effectively gain information and it takes a special type of individual, as this gentleman says.
Sometimes one or both of those items are missing. This is the cause of much of the violence used. That and the occasional sadist who slips thru the cracks.

But as Strategerist mentions, torture is usally used for other reasons that simply to gain information.