Rep.Trent Franks (R-AZ) won’t let it go. During today’s House Judiciary Committee hearing on torture, he asked Colonel Steve Kleinman whether it would be irresponsible — as Alan Dershowitz recently argued in an op-ed — not to torture someone if all else fails in an interrogation. Kleinman replied that Dershowitz “clouds the issue” and his op-ed “reflects a lack of understanding of the intelligence process.” But then he offered a brief explanation of that process that sheds light on why torture is counterproductive for a professional interrogator, leaving aside questions of morality and law.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=179412