[arahant]

The circumstances are too ideal to be useful, I think. I don't think this case is much different (in its nature, not its ethics) than the 'if you could harvest organs' type questions. So I guess my answer is 'yes, the torture is ok, but no changing the law'. Basically, I think torture is too extreme, too unreliable, and too subject to abuse to condone it under any circumstance. But then, that's why we have jury nullification.