In quest of the ticking bomb.
Not for the faint of heart.
"Revealed: U.S. Interrogators May Have Killed Dozens of Detainees."
It's what happens when there is no accountability. Power tends to corrupt and absolute power tends to corrupt absolutely. It's not an American monopoly, goes for everyone. If there isn't firm guidance from the top discipline goes to hell.
And when the guidance says "torture at will", this is what happens. Even Americans will do it, though it's painted as a brutal, evil and inexcusable fascist practice.
Arf