Well now we see that torture is useful

Now we know, you don't have to go to war based on the intelligence you have, you can go to war based on the intelligence you want. And how do you get the intelligence you want? Torture of course.
Qaeda-Iraq Link U.S. Cited Is Tied to Coercion Claim

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 - The Bush administration based a crucial prewar assertion about ties between Iraq and Al Qaeda on detailed statements made by a prisoner while in Egyptian custody who later said he had fabricated them to escape harsh treatment, according to current and former government officials.

The officials said the captive, Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi, provided his most specific and elaborate accounts about ties between Iraq and Al Qaeda only after he was secretly handed over to Egypt by the United States in January 2002, in a process known as rendition.

The new disclosure provides the first public evidence that bad intelligence on Iraq may have resulted partly from the administration's heavy reliance on third countries to carry out interrogations of Qaeda members and others detained as part of American counterterrorism efforts. The Bush administration used Mr. Libi's accounts as the basis for its prewar claims, now discredited, that ties between Iraq and Al Qaeda included training in explosives and chemical weapons.

As we can see torture is not only wrong, but dangerous. Just another example on how torture won't get you the truth but is very effective in getting the intelligence you want. Is it any wonder that a pathological liar like Dick Cheney would be a big fan of torture? I think not.