Gentner Rendition

I am fully aware of arguments for and against torture. I do not like it, and I find it frightening, but I am not in complete opposition. Ideally, I would lie out a set of rules and regulations that the government would have to follow in order to be allowed to torture someone. In addition, I would give the government a set of standards and procedures that would need to be followed in order to carry out a torture. In my eyes, torture should be allowed if there is actual reason to believe that the person is guilty. There should be physical evidence, and a judge should have to find that evidence to be sufficient. Then, if the evidence is sufficient, the defendant should be interrogated aggressively, without physical force. I think that giving people just enough food and water to survive is an excellent way to get information out of them, but I do not agree with water boarding, electrocution, or any other sort of sick way of inflicting physical pain upon someone. So when would I find it COMPLETELY acceptable to torture someone? The answer is if I was doing it myself to a man whom I knew kidnapped my child. I do not trust anyone else to properly follow my moral standards of torture, and for that reason, I do not think that it should be legal in any form, including extraordinary rendition.