It's amazing to hear, after the successful capture of the New York City car bomber from Pakistan and now this week's capture of accomplices, pro-torture people claim that this shows why we need to keep treating terrorists like we're in the Middle Ages.
Yes it's true that these guys are potentially dangerous and want to kill us, and I get tired of hearing people preach that as if I don't understand it. It's just that this incident and outcome are evidence of the positive efficacy of old fashioned law enforcement techniques for terror cases. Without apparently torturing this suspect and even when reading him his Miranda rights, it appears that authorities have gleaned lots of good information from him. As an added bonus, we can actually prosecute him in a court of law! Where's the downside?
People have to stop watching "24" and start looking at evidence of what works. I like vigilante movies too, but grownups should be setting policies in these areas.
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