sliding down that slippery slope
Sure, spies should be dealt with severely, and espionage is already technically a capital crime (see Julius and Ethel Rosenberg). But don't you think just maybe torture goes a little too far? First it's terrorists, then it's spies (and we have as many spies as the Chinese at risk of the same treatment), then what? Army deserters? The postal carrier who dumps the mail in the trash? Spammers? Well, OK, maybe I'd go along with torturing spammers, nothing else seems to deter them...but how about a little perspective?