"Vito" wrote in message

Suppose a captive knew the location
of a hostage his group planned to behead in 12 hours. How much mental
and/or
physical discomfort should I be allowed to inflict to get that info?

Any amount required to extract the information..... but that goes for both
sides and any reason. Problem is that generally speaking.... informaton
extracted under torture is not likely to be accurate nor timely.

CM