Let me quickly set a scene for you the reader. Shortly after a terrorist attack (ie. 9/11) American intelligence leads to the successful capture of a high level member of the terrorist group responsible for the attack. It is safe to assume that he has information on other members as well as future attacks and plans. What do we do with them? In all likelihood a trial would lead to life imprisonment, or death, and he has information that "we" could use to save lives.
My opinion here is that we "extract" as much information as possible before sentencing him to a swift trial (likely leading to death). The exact methods of "extraction" will vary as needed. I believe that there should be a limit to just how inhumane we can treat them, but there will be a point before that limit in where they will be treated in some inhumane ways. The methods can start with simple interrogations and lead to minor physical interrogations, and finally before the stage of actual "torture" we reach the "chemical assisted interrogation" in where we use chemicals such as "truth serum" and other chemical lie inhibiters. This is far more reliable than other forms of "interrogation" because it reduces the likelihood of lying, and increases the comparative skills of the interrogators. After all other options are exhausted, then actual torture such as water boarding, sleep deprivation, and the other plethora of mental and physical torture.
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