Re: "Psssst, Don't Tell Anyone But the CIA's Enhanced Interrogation Techniques Worked"
non-lethal coercive tactics (that cause no lasting physical or mental damage)
I have a hard time finding anything excruciating about that choice but there are those who find the legal practice of lying to subjects a distasteful interrogation technique.
I suppose the argument would be that we can't say what will result in lasting damage. If you accept the statement as unequivocal it would exclude any methods that could possibly cause damage in any circumstance.
If it means what it means who could have a problem?