Fair enough, now we can start on an even basis for debating what should be done as we accept that probably every government and military at some point has done things probably most of us would wish they had not.
I am on record as saying I do not endorse Torture or EIT Techniques for interrogations as a routine matter of procedure. In a combat situation or a very highly time critical situation say in a Terrorism event.....would I condemn our side scaring the crap out of someone in an effort to gain immediately actionable intelligence...well probably not. Shoot them in the knee or something like that ....absolutely not. Do something to make the guy think I would....perhaps.
But once in custody and confronted with a Criminal prosecution scenario then one stays well within established procedures.
The question is what do you do if there are no plans for Criminal Prosecution and you hold someone that is a known threat or proven threat?