during ww2 there was a priest who worked with japanese prisoners of war and got info out of them by

[ORDagnabbit]

being friendly to them.

anybody know his name?

[TexasObserver]

1. Father Waterboard. He was great.

[Oceansaway]

2. Father O'Brien ?.... n/t

[Drunken Irishman]

3. Father Sean Patrick O'Malley Finnigan O'Toole O'Shaughnessy!

[The Straight Story]

4. It can't be - religious folks are evil

Or so I am told anyway...

[ORDagnabbit]

5. hey funny guys its a serious question He's a great tool to show torture doesnt work so if you dont

know the answer

please stay off the line.

thanks

[adiabatic]

6. Bishop Stockholm?

:rofl:

[Historic NY]

7. Maybe this guy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_O'Flaherty

[TorchTheWitch]

8. Russians did that during Vietnam

But apparently only to a few high level POW's they had an interest in. Torture and other abuses is for frightening the citizenry to keep them cowed. The "comfort/savior" method is for getting reliable info particularly after subjects have suffered abuse. It's very similar to good cop/bad cop.

The US has been minutely studying interrogation for generations and knows damn well that torture doesn't work as a means for obtaining reliable information. The admin wanted to torture for some other reason since they knew it wouldn't work for obtaining reliable/truthful information. Which begs the question why did they NOT want reliable/truthful information?