The Right Approach To Rough Treatment

In passing the law defining what we can and cannot do with terrorists we capture, Jonathan Rauch makes an important point that differntiates Liberals from Conservatives.

There is general agreement that the central purpose of a detention and interrogation system is to prevent terrorism, not to prevent torture. That point may sound trivial, but it is not.

I don't agree with all of his points, but this one is critical.