Was the Airliner Bombing Plot Uncovered By Torture?

Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Liberal agonies: "Counter-terrorism and justice do not always march in step and nor is the easy response, that justice must always come first, enough of an answer. The dilemmas are more acute. The arrest of 24 suspects in connection with an alleged plot to destroy airliners over the Atlantic may have been a triumph of intelligence and policing that saved many lives. No government could be criticised for acting when it did, on the information it claims to have had. Nor have legal safeguards been broken here. Yet safeguards in other countries are less rigorous. At what point do actions abroad pollute British justice, even if in the short-term they may protect British security?"

This is a key question. Is torture justified if it saves thousands of lives, as it appears to have done in this instance? - RR