2 points of view on Torture

Firedoglake has a bit about Seymour Hersh's investigations into Torture:
Firedoglake - Firedoglake weblog » Violations
Huffington Post feature's Sam Harris's defence of torture adapted from his book The End of Faith:


Sam Harris: In Defense of Torture - The Huffington Post
Ultimately I don't think that we can come up with a scenario where torture can be justified, and on the balance of probabilities it'll always cost more that the value returned.
Sorry Sam, even sanitized it's bullshit.

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