The needle is believed to have been obtained secretly.

据称，这枚针头是被人秘密获取的。

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But the same information might have been obtained by less controversial means.

但是这些信息同样可以通过少有争议的手段获得。

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The question that nobody can answer is how much of this could have been obtained without torture.

没有人能给出答案的一个问题是：官方的情报里面有多少是通过刑讯获取的。

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"The military commissions have been reformed by the Congress and the Obama administration in a way that prohibits absolutely the use of any evidence obtained through torture or cruelty."

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