...and then there is the politically correct UK version of prisoner interrogations.

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Don't yell at terrorist suspects, soldiers told

Army chiefs warn interrogations are being hampered by go-softly rules

By Robert Mendick and Tim Ross10:30PM GMT 13 Dec 2014

British soldiers have “lost their capability” to interrogate terrorist insurgents because of strict new rules on questioning that even ban shouting in captives’ ears, military chiefs have warned.

The rules — detailed in court papers obtained by The Telegraph — also prevent military intelligence officers from banging their fists on tables or walls, or using “insulting words” when interrogating a suspect.

The regulations replaced a previous policy that had to be withdrawn after a series of legal challenges and the death in custody of Baha Mousa, an Iraqi detainee in Basra.

Some of you people really need to read this article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/11292578/Dont-yell-at-terrorist-suspects-soldiers-told.html

PC gone mad.

No more soft cushions? The comfy chair banned as well?

There is no reason for torture ever, nothing justifies it nor what the US has done that led up to them trying to justify them doing it.. Torture is not just something that happens and then it's over, back to life as normal. It actually reprograms the brain and the lasting results are far more damaging then PTSD. Shame to anyone justifying this type of behavior, I would have liked to have thought "we" were better than that.

Your alternative proposal for gaining essential information from captives is?

No more soft cushions? The comfy chair banned as well?

At least we're maintaining the harsh stance and deterrrent of insisting they only have one cup of coffee at 11