Former VP criticizes decision to ask prosecutor to find out if interrogations illegal . `` The use of enhanced interrogation techniques , begun when our country was responding to the horrors of September 11th , ended in January . Such interrogations `` saved lives , '' led to arrests of other suspects , he says . Score: 7 Some some have equated harsh techniques to torture .
Former VP criticizes decision to ask prosecutor to find out if interrogations illegal . Such interrogations `` saved lives , '' led to arrests of other suspects , he says . Score: 7 Some some have equated harsh techniques to torture .