ARAR INQUIRY AFTERMATH: Canada far too cozy with the U.S. in its lawless "war on terror"

CNN's Question of the Day: "Do you believe that torturing terror suspects is a more effective national security strategy than, say, securing our ports and borders?"

Now, it's horrifying enough to realize that the subject of torture was casually presented like this in the "Question of the Day" on a recent CNN broadcast of Lou Dobbs Tonight. But note that the question wasn't even about the morality of inflicting excruciating pain and suffering on another human being. Rather, it was about the effectiveness of torture.

Does torture work? Do we have any stats? How does torture stack up against other methods like tighter port and border security? Or how about nuclear war? Would …