About this episode

The episode explores the effectiveness of torture in producing useful intelligence.

The question of whether torture is ever justified must take a back seat to the more important question: Is it effective at producing useful intelligence? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

People in this episode

Host: Brian Dunning

Topics covered

• torture
• intelligence
• ethics
• effectiveness
• justification

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