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In commenting on the use and effectiveness of various torture methods, with a focus on waterboarding, former US director of nation intelligence, Dennis C. Blair, wrote that "high value information came from interrogations in which these [torture] methods were used".

The US Army field manual on intelligence interrogation explains that "The use of torture is a poor technique that yields unreliable results, may damage subsequent collection efforts, and can induce the source to say what he thinks the interrogator wants to hear." Not only is torture ineffective at gathering reliable information, but it also increases the difficulty of gathering information from a source in the future.

Many torture survivors report revealing false or incomplete information since the goal was to satisfy the torturer, not to reveal information.