Here's why if Lee Hurst were strapped to a time bomb I wouldn't torture a terrorist

In the wake of Donald Trump's claim that torture 'absolutely' works, comedian Lee Hurst has tweeted a terrorism scenario. Here's why it's wrong

"Your baby is tied to a timebomb," suggests comedian Lee Hurst. "You have the terrorist. He tells you you have one hour. Do you torture him to find your baby or let it die?"

My answer, along with I suspect most of the Anglo-American intelligence community, would be 'no'. What Hurst describes is a classic reiteration of the age-old 'ticking bomb' scenario, and it's superficially appealing until you start to dig into the assumptions lurking behind it.