Wednesday, March 4, 2015

RT ‘Torturing terror suspects produces useful intelligence’ – ex-MI6 director Sawers

Intelligence thought to have been derived by torture in Saudi Arabia helped to foil a terror attack on UK soil, it has emerged. Reflecting on the revelation, the ex-head of MI6 said torturing terror suspects produces “useful information.” 
In his first interview since stepping down as MI6 chief, Sir John Sawers made the controversial statement to the BBC. 
He said UK security services refrain from engaging in torture because it breaches British values. But he argued torture can be effective in the short term....
"He said UK security services refrain from engaging in torture because it breaches British values." That's what "rendition" is for.

RT
‘Torturing terror suspects produces useful intelligence’ – ex-MI6 director

1 comment:

Matt Franko said...

I would think this is true IF the analyst is told that the info was obtained via such coercive means... they could probably still get something out of it... even if the suspect has to make something up it could lead somewhere... nothing "comes from nowhere..."

(not advocating here....)