Regarding the use of torture for obtaining information from suspected terrorists, reporter David Rose wrote: “In researching this article, I spoke to numerous counterterrorist officials from agencies on both sides of the Atlantic. Their conclusion is unanimous: not only have coercive methods failed to generate significant and actionable intelligence, they have also caused the squandering of resources on a massive scale through false leads, chimerical plots, and unnecessary safety alerts…”
– David Rose, “Tortured Reasoning,” Vanity Fair, Dec. 16, 2008