If you were captured and being tortured for information what would you do…?
...hold out as long as possible
...just give it up and cut your losses?
anything else?
by BicuriousHmm, OK. Rather than pokes holes in how that might work, suffice it to say you'd be willing to negotiate.
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Yes, I'd encourage negotiation, assuming they're willing to negotiate. If they want the information bad enough, they'll at least consider it. And if not, well, shit happens for me I guess. I don't want to be tortured, but I'm not going to give in easy either.
There's a possibility they would kill me as soon as they get the info they want, so I would try to ensure my freedom somehow.
Give them pieces of information slowly. From the classes I've had on this, most of the time individuals who give information outright exhaust their usefulness so quickly that they are just killed. Everything in moderaton, by slowly giving your information your giving them sufficient results while delaying your own death and extending the time needed for possible recscue and recovery. It would be painful but temporary. No one likes a coward, your captors might gain a certain respect for a stubborn victim, I know I would.
Also, be aware of what information you give out first, best to release your name and SS number for identification purposes, most torture cases involve a ransom. Now someone at least knows your missing and if your anything of importance to the government it'll catch their eye.
Well this depends on the context of the information and the consequences of releasing it. Would doing so hurt me more? I would look to negotiate any way I could before giving them all and try to keep one key piece in my back pocket for release when needed. I would not want to suffer much of for long.