'''Enhanced interrogation techniques''' are methods of obtaining information from prisoners captured in battle zones. Some people classify these techniques as [[torture]] but they don't fit the definition. Enhanced interrogation mostly involves severe discomfort. Whereas torture involves pain and mutilation. None of these techniques cause lasting physical or mental damage and are key to obtaining critical information, such as terror plots, that would otherwise be withheld. | '''Enhanced interrogation techniques''' are methods of obtaining information from prisoners captured in battle zones. Some people classify these techniques as [[torture]] but they don't fit the definition. Enhanced interrogation mostly involves severe discomfort. Whereas torture involves pain and mutilation. None of these techniques cause lasting physical or mental damage and are key to obtaining critical information, such as terror plots, that would otherwise be withheld. |