Former FBI Interrogator: Torture not effective

clipped from www.voanews.com Former FBI agent Ali Soufan testifies on Capitol Hill from behind a black curtain and a room divider to protect his identity, 13 May 2009 A former agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation who interrogated a top al-Qaida leader says harsh techniques used by the previous Bush administration were not effective and caused the detainee to stop giving information. The comments came in testimony to a Senate panel looking into Bush era interrogation policies.