Can Torture be Justified?

The obvious ethical dilemma presented in the film is torture.  As seen in the film, the use of torture is used in order to find Osama Bin Ladin.  The military and film presents the question of whether or not torture is ever justified.  Some of the tactics used were so far past absurd, but of course so was Bin Ladin.  He was a man who killed and stole from his own country at will.  To me I believe torture should never be used and is not justifiable in any case.  It is wrong to abuse a person, and hold them accountable for the life of another.  What makes it worst is that in a lot of cases, the person being tortured might not even have the correct information.  Another ethical dilemma shown in the film is the authorized killing of what could be, innocent people.  I doubt that every person who worked for Bin Ladin did so by choice.  Therefore how could it be right to kill those who acted not out of choice but by force. The people who were killed without thought at Bin Ladin's compound should have been sent to court.  If they committed crimes, or were found guilty for wrong doing, then jail should have been the outcome, not death.