FBI agent says torture is "ineffective"

This guy is my new hero!

Former FBI Supervisory Special Agent Ali Soufan testified on Wednesday before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee examining the use of harsh interrogation techniques on terror suspects. Media coverage focused on Soufan's assertion that the harsh methods were ineffective and that cooperative methods yielded more actionable intelligence.

For example, CBS Evening News showed Soufan saying about the interrogation of Abu Zubaydah, "We obtained a treasure trove of highly significant, actionable intelligence that proved instrumental in the war efforts against al Qaeda." Soufan "worked to gain Zubaydah's trust, and quickly learned the identity of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed."