A note, if I may, on the nature of torture.

Today, torture isn't exactly what you think it is. It's not gruesome, disfiguring, and it probably won't make anyone scream. Mental torture, sleep deprevation, drugs... all those are used today, and are very effective. The most effective ways of extracting information from an un-willing person are kept as a secret.

Now, Could Number Nine, you are partially right about extreme torture leading to the wrong answers from the wrong people - but that happens only part of the time, and only to needlessly cruel and unprofessional interrogators. Today, torture isn't used for CONFESSION - that's illegal. Today, torture isn't used to get yes and no answers, but pieces of information, like "where are your friends", "who are your friends", "when and where is the next action planned for", etc. It's very difficult for a suffering man to fabricate answers for such questions.