CIA used mock executions etc.

[Aramike]

Originally Posted by Letum

It does not need to be analogous with torture because I am not contesting as
to whether or not torture works; I'm just contesting the argument you used
that has the format:



I don't care what you put in place of 'x', the argument doesn't work by
necessity because there are cases, such as some of those I listed, where
even if both premises where true, the conclusion would be false.

But that wasn't my argument. You just made it into such.

My argument was that trained CIA agents responsible for allocating their time towards extracting information as efficiently as possible use it, therefore it works.