Torture...

"Am I the only person in the world who thinks torture, in certain circumstances, is ok?

Lets take a hypothetical scenario for example. In reality things are not so black and white, and there is a lot of grey matter, but let us assume;

The security forces have intelligence reports that indicate three massive suicide car-bomb attacks are planned to be executed by three different cells of the same group. The attacks are being planned in places with a high civilian population and the aim is to kill as many innocent people as possible. The security forces manage to capture the ringleaders responsible for one of the three attacks.

The security forces have a choice now:"
Eye Raki

"The security forces manage to capture the ringleaders responsible for one of the three attacks."

There is your mistake. If you have this much already, then you already have enough to stop the attacks. Or at a minimum enough to protect against the attacks. Any torture at this point is just overkill. and your just walking in to your enemies trap.