Here is a very brief summary of what the experts say about torture:
- Torture actually reduces our national security
- Prosecuting those who created the torture program will REDUCE attacks against the U.S. and against American troops
- Most of those tortured were innocent
- They were not tortured in order to prevent terrorist attacks, but to create a false justification for the war in Iraq (by creating a false linkage between Iraq and Al Qaeda) (and see this)