On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:49:41 +0700, Bruce In Bangkok
wrote:

In short the "it doesn't work" argument needs a lot of qualification
to be wholly correct.

Two things. A less skillful interrogator will reveal what it is that
he wants to hear. He will then hear it for sure, whether it relates to
the truth or not. The other is that other methods work better. I read
a book relating the story of the best of the German POW interrogators.
He never even threatened harm, he was polite and pleasant, and got
something out of everyone foolish enough to converse at all, even on
seemingly innocent topics. The only ones that didn't reveal something
useful were the ones that clammed up completely.

Casady